Timeline for Word or idiom for someone holding (seemingly) contradictory views
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| Aug 16, 2016 at 22:12 | comment | added | VoronoiPotato | It's possible for inconsistent to not be an insult, hypocrite is always an insult | |
| Aug 16, 2016 at 21:54 | comment | added | user66974 | @VoronoiPotato - sorry I don't agree with your view. If you are inconsistent you may result unreliable, which, to me may look as bad as being a hypocrite. | |
| Aug 16, 2016 at 21:50 | comment | added | VoronoiPotato | It's not a loaded word like Hypocrite, instead it describes the pattern of behavior without imposing any compunction. If you are saying someone is a hypocrite you are saying they are a bad person. If you are saying someone is inconsistent you are making no judgement of character. | |
| Aug 16, 2016 at 21:46 | comment | added | VoronoiPotato | Perhaps I should have said it's a polite way to insult someone. Much like "Bless your heart" in the south. | |
| Aug 16, 2016 at 21:45 | comment | added | user66974 | @VoronoiPotato. I am not sure the term has any "polite" connotation. I'd not take it as such personally. | |
| Aug 16, 2016 at 21:43 | comment | added | VoronoiPotato | Inconsistent while very correct lacks the emotional impact that the original poster might have hoped to find. Inconsistent has very little blame associated with it, and is something you might use to politely describe a hypocrite. | |
| Aug 15, 2016 at 20:13 | comment | added | Mr.Wizard | Agreed. (50171) | |
| Aug 15, 2016 at 9:20 | history | answered | user66974 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |