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    Image of Pot, kettle, black: Facebook takes EU regulators to court for invading its privacy
    Pot, kettle, black: Facebook takes EU regulators to court for invading its privacy
    rt.com link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    Facebook – the ubiquitous privacy-invading social network – is taking European Commission regulators to court. The Silicon Valley giant is complaining that an EU investigation is invading its pr...

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    Image of LeBron James spouting off on gun control one day, then hiring armed guards to protect his family with another
    LeBron James spouting off on gun control one day, then hiring armed guards to protect his family with another
    bearingarms.com link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    If anti-gunners didn't have double standards, they wouldn't have any at all. Another week, another example of hypocrisy among the elites.
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    Image of NYT Flashback: "If Donald Trump Targets Journalists, Thank Obama"
    NYT Flashback: "If Donald Trump Targets Journalists, Thank Obama"
    zerohedge.com link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    Former President Obama has come under fire for what many have viewed as a hypocritical condemnation of President Trump during a Friday acceptance speech for his Ethics in Government award at the Un...

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    Twitter Suspends Black Conservative For Changing NYT Bigot's Tweets From "White" To "Jewish" And "Black"
    zerohedge.com link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    In response to the New York Times' decision to stand by their most recent hire - open bigot Sarah Jeong, who really hates white people, men (especially white men), and cops - black conservative Can...

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    Image of Fact Check: Did Obama Detain 90,000 Children At The Border? Yup. All of the unaccompanied minors detained under Obama were locked up in the exact same facilities Trump is using
    Fact Check: Did Obama Detain 90,000 Children At The Border? Yup. All of the unaccompanied minors detained under Obama were locked up in the exact same facilities Trump is using
    zerohedge.com link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    And that's just for two years... while in 2011 the average stay in a government detention facility was 72 days... So to be clear - hundreds of thousands of migrant children whose parents sent t...

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    Democrats Confirm Torturer As Director Of CIA
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    How did a person who should be in the criminal dock both in the US and in the International Criminal Court for running a torture prison get appointed the Director of the US Central Intelligence Agenc...

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    Image of Study: Climate Change Activists are Hypocrites. They were less likely to engage in recycling and other eco-friendly behaviors than global-warming skeptics
    Study: Climate Change Activists are Hypocrites. They were less likely to engage in recycling and other eco-friendly behaviors than global-warming skeptics
    thedailybell.com link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    A strange thing happens when you don’t trust the government. You take responsibility for your actions, instead of shirking your duty and handing off the burden to the collective. A study by Corn...

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    Image of The hypocrisy poisoning America
    The hypocrisy poisoning America
    fabiusmaximus.com link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    America’s largest problems don’t appear in the in the headlines, but between the lines. Such as the hypocrisy poisoning our politics. Here are some recent examples — and a simple solution.
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    Image of Tu Quoque: Anatomy of an online argument
    Tu Quoque: Anatomy of an online argument
    bardoloi.com link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    The real goal of tu quoque (or any ad hominem attack) is to shift the focus to your opponent’s weaknesses as a way to hide your argument’s weaknesses. To create a hypocrisy meme: 1) pick a trigger...

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    Image of Does hypocrisy invalidate an argument? A great discussion from Philosophy Stack Exchange
    Does hypocrisy invalidate an argument? A great discussion from Philosophy Stack Exchange
    philosophy.stackexchange.com link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    The general rule is that a person’s behavior does not invalidate that person’s arguments. This is because ideally philosophical arguments are based on reason. Thus if the reasoning is valid, it do...

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    Image of Unco Junto: The Nature of Hypocrisy
    Unco Junto: The Nature of Hypocrisy
    centerforinquiry.net link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    People are not known for being particularly rigorous with their beliefs and opinions, and it's not surprising that they would, more often than not, fail to consistently apply reasoning and principles....

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    Image of Order of actions mitigates hypocrisy judgments for ingroup more than outgroup members
    Order of actions mitigates hypocrisy judgments for ingroup more than outgroup members
    scholars.northwestern.edu link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    We’re harder on hypocrites when they belong to the opposite group. Link to .pdf of full study
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    Image of The Real Problem With Hypocrisy
    The Real Problem With Hypocrisy
    nytimes.com link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    Why do people judge hypocrites, who condemn immoral behaviors that they in fact engage in, so negatively? Yale University researchers propose that hypocrites are disliked because their condemnatio...

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    I just setup a promotion with code pothead to encourage filling up this blog. Please help me post relevant articles. Not sure yet what direction this will take. You can check the honor role for statu...

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    pot.kettle.blackpot-kettle-blackhttps://pot.kettle.black/c/pot-kettle-blackpot_kettle_black

    A website devoted to all things hypocritical with an intent to make a small contribution to correct our blindness of our own shortcomings and corruption.

    The phrase pot calling the kettle black is an idiom for "a person who is guilty of the very thing of which they accuse another and is thus an example of psychological projection."

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