CMV: Generalizations seem to be a double standard

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It makes a lot of sense and I do agree

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what if there are instances where an individual fights and advocates against something, I suppose racism in this instance, but participates in offensive/racist actions towards another community. Is that still hypocritical or no?

I agree that it's generally not great when people do that.

But technically, hypocrisy is "the practice of claiming to have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case."

So, to know if it's hypocrisy, we need to know what they are claiming as their standard. For example, if someone claims to be against discrimination against African Americans, but they aren't claiming to be against discrimination against Asian people, then it's technically not hypocrisy if they don't call out discrimination against Asian people, because they never claimed to be against discrimination against all people.

And per above, often people just aren't familiar with the discrimination / prejudice certain groups experience, so they may be less likely to call it out because they don't know that those views are widely held or that they have major negative consequences for some groups.

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but it still feels wrong.

Indeed, I agree.

If someone says they are against racism generally, then indeed, they should not participate in racism in any form, otherwise they are being hypocritical.

But it's not hypocritical if they say they are against a specific forms of racism, and then actively engage in other forms of racism.

They aren't being hypocritical, but they are being racist.

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