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[–] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

weaponising their self-hatred

But it's also just regular hatred, same reason you can't call racist people the N word.

Even if there was a slur for hypocrites, that's still just an ad hominem instead of attacking them for their behavior (the actual problem)

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[–] yakko@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

I don't know what comment you meant to reply to, but I was pretty specifically talking about attacking people for what they do.

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[–] stray@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

But if there were a slur for hypocrites that word would by definition be attacking them for their behavior since hypocrisy is a behavioral choice and not an element of personal identity.

I've actually heard "coon" from a black leftist to refer to black conservatives who try to protect themselves by being "one of the good ones" in the eyes of right-wing racists. The term isn't something I'm comfortable using myself as a white person, but I don't think it's problematic or racist because it's directed at their harmful behavior and not their skin color.

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