Re:America Is Backsliding Toward Its Most Polluted Era
by Chris2048 on Thursday April 10, 2025 @10:30AM
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I disagree, your publicly stated comments also have political value outside 'safe' discussion groups. There is pressure to maintain a "united front", and to not appear divided, this is a bipartisan strategy and appears at both the individual and group (e.g. international) level.
This has only increased as public discourse is replaced with unyielding rhetoric and asymmetric slogan-flinging.
A person can vote for a party while not agreeing with every one of their platform points. They can also vote for a party and then criticize it later for not following through. As long as they're honest about the divergence and can justify it as an overall better choice, it's not hypocrisy, just being an adult.
The hypocrisy comes in when somebody claims to hold beliefs, votes for a party, and then either ignores a contradiction or spouts the new party line.