President Donald Trump says he would have ordered flags lowered to half-staff after the assassination of a Minnesota Democratic state lawmaker if the governor had asked, but Trump at the time refused to even call the governor.
One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety.
A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives.
Hypocrisy is a demonstration of weakness in accepting fault and/or being able to justify one’s position in the face of contradicting evidence.
The only reason it manages to work for him is because his followers are the manifestation of confirmation bias and are willfully ignorant about anything he says or does that they don’t agree with.
Some people seem to have misinterpreted your previous comment as expressing approval. But this disregard for the usual rules and standards is certainly part of the fascist playbook. It and the constant lying and goalpost-shifting are how they toy with their opponents and demonstrate that they just don’t care. That’s why the far right always speaks in bad faith. They enjoy the sport and it buys them time to load their guns.
hypocrite /hĭp′ə-krĭt″/
noun
The hypocrisy is a power move.
Hypocrisy is a demonstration of weakness in accepting fault and/or being able to justify one’s position in the face of contradicting evidence.
The only reason it manages to work for him is because his followers are the manifestation of confirmation bias and are willfully ignorant about anything he says or does that they don’t agree with.
They use it to demonstrate how the rules do not bind them.
Some people seem to have misinterpreted your previous comment as expressing approval. But this disregard for the usual rules and standards is certainly part of the fascist playbook. It and the constant lying and goalpost-shifting are how they toy with their opponents and demonstrate that they just don’t care. That’s why the far right always speaks in bad faith. They enjoy the sport and it buys them time to load their guns.