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View Poll Results: Are you a hypocrite to take advantage of something and later critize it?
1. Yes 18 75.00%
2. No 6 25.00%
Voters: 24. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 07-08-2011, 05:42 PM
 
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Say if former Mayor Daley from Chicago, who is hardcore anti gun, buys a handgun, is he a hypocrite? Or if a Black Panther who constantly rails about racist brutal cops calls 911 at the drop of a hat to report noisy neighbors?

I'm not asking if people have the legal or moral right to do it, but rather if they are hypocrites for condemning something they freely participate in?
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Old 07-08-2011, 05:49 PM
 
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Of course not. Its like i britise the dedcution on income tax but tke them becaue that is why the system is. I'd muc rather change it to eliminate the dedcuctions and pay stright onincome bases whic would lower broaden the base while lower overall rates.What you have is the governamentsayig thses are the rulwsa. In 2009 my wife did not take a deductio and the IRS sent a check and the a letter saying we wre entitled to that deduction.Shocked me really.Obeying the rules des not mean you agree with them.
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Old 07-08-2011, 05:52 PM
 
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Of course not. Its like i britise the dedcution on income tax but tke them becaue that is why the system is. I'd muc rather change it to eliminate the dedcuctions and pay stright onincome bases whic would lower broaden the base while lower overall rates.What you have is the governamentsayig thses are the rulwsa. In 2009 my wife did not take a deductio and the IRS sent a check and the a letter saying we wre entitled to that deduction.Shocked me really.Obeying the rules des not mean you agree with them.
I only understood about half of what you said. Obeying the rules is one thing, participating in something that you don't have to is something else.
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Old 07-08-2011, 09:22 PM
 
Location: West Michigan
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A good example would be Michelle Bachmann being so critical of Medicaid while her husband's clinic accepts Medicaid as payment for services. That's hypocrisy.

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Old 07-08-2011, 09:25 PM
 
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A good example would be Michelle Bachmann being so critical of Medicaid while her husband's client accepts Medicaid as payment for services. That's hypocrisy.
Or maybe Obama campaigning that he would end the war in Iraq and Afghan and then sending in more troops?
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Old 07-08-2011, 09:28 PM
 
Location: North Cackelacky....in the hills.
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Or Dianne Feinstein being rabidly anti-gun but having a concealed weapons permit...
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Old 07-08-2011, 09:32 PM
 
Location: North Cackelacky....in the hills.
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Or Ted Kennedy being anti-gun and having armed bodyguards...illegally armed in DC.
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Old 07-08-2011, 09:33 PM
 
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OR Chuck Schumer being anti-gun but having armed bodyguards.
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Old 07-08-2011, 09:35 PM
 
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Or liberals constantly threatening / whining / lying to raise taxes while they take all the tax deductions / credits they can lay their hands on.
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Old 07-08-2011, 09:38 PM
 
Location: Long Island
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A good example would be Michelle Bachmann being so critical of Medicaid while her husband's clinic accepts Medicaid as payment for services. That's hypocrisy.
no that's not hypocrisy

the fact that her HUSBANDS medical CLINIC accepts medicare/ciad has nothing to do with her OPINION of the abusive and fraudilant medicare/ciad systems
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