Yeah. Hypocrisy can’t be an ideal situation—it always signals that something unfortunate must be going on.
I might even agree with the status version of flinching away from hypocrisy? Particularly in the case that the hypocrite was saying something that made an implicit status claim initially.
I think the generalised flinching away from hypocrisy in itself, is mainly a status thing. Of the explanations for hypocrisy given.
Deception
Lack of will power
Inconsistent thinking
None of them are desirable traits to have in allies (at least visible to other people).
Yeah. Hypocrisy can’t be an ideal situation—it always signals that something unfortunate must be going on.
I might even agree with the status version of flinching away from hypocrisy? Particularly in the case that the hypocrite was saying something that made an implicit status claim initially.