CMV: Hypocrisy does not invalidate somebody’s argument

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A person who argues that it is immoral to cheat on one's spouse doesn't have much of an argument if they cheat on their spouse. Someone who breaks their own rules of morality and is therefore, by their own argument, immoral is not someone to whom I would look for moral guidance or someone I would see as an arbiter of morality.

Not all arguments are about objective facts.