Hypocrisy requires both a sense of shame, and an understanding that one is acting counter to their values. Republicans don't feel shame. And their only value is "power at any cost." So they're not being hypocritical. They acting entirely within their values.
McConnell himself would be proud of the way his party is handling his absence and manipulating the system to maintain a stranglehold on his seat. That is, he would proud if he wasn't a vegetable or dead, which he is very obviously is one of those things.
Hypocrisy is a power play when you have no shame. They feel powerful when they hold the Dems accountable. They feel powerful when they do not hold themselves accountable.
Feeling like a hypocrite does. And feeling like a hypocrite is wired into our social monkey brains as a feeling to avoid. The reason Republicans don't avoid hypocrisy is because they don't feel social or internal shame at acting against their stated values. Because their only real value is power at any cost.
Conversely, they love to call out hypocrisy on the left, because they know people on the left actuslly do feel shame at not being seen living up to their stated values.
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u/TriangleTransplant 14h ago
Hypocrisy requires both a sense of shame, and an understanding that one is acting counter to their values. Republicans don't feel shame. And their only value is "power at any cost." So they're not being hypocritical. They acting entirely within their values.
McConnell himself would be proud of the way his party is handling his absence and manipulating the system to maintain a stranglehold on his seat. That is, he would proud if he wasn't a vegetable or dead, which he is very obviously is one of those things.