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Re:Silicon Valley pastor decries hypocrisy of area's rich li... by simonsarris on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @10:49AM (#17126249)
Claiming someone's actions don't line up with their words is not a no-true-Scotsman scenario.

I think he's simply alleging that their revealed preferences do not line up with their stated preferences.

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Re:Silicon Valley pastor decries hypocrisy of area's rich li... by dnautics on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @12:01PM (#17126919)
> Claiming someone's actions don't line up with their words is not a no-true-Scotsman scenario.

No, but claiming someone isn't truly in a category to defend the category from the hypocrisy of the individual is, because it ignores the possibility that the category lends itself to hypocrisy.

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Re:Silicon Valley pastor decries hypocrisy of area's rich li... by vowelless on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @10:54AM (#17126298)
I think what you describe is pretty much exactly the no true Scotsman fallacy.

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Re:Silicon Valley pastor decries hypocrisy of area's rich li... by vertex-four on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @11:26AM (#17126597)
It is not fallacious to have defined criteria for membership of a group - the fallacy is to create new criteria on a whim in response to criticism.
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