The charge of "hypocrite!" in any debate is a type of ad hominem attack - that is, simply insulting an opponent personally instead of addressing the issue at hand.
The beauty (or foolishness) of the hypocrisy charge is this: With it I can distract the gathered crowd with my cries of "hypocrite!" and never touch the question of whether my opponent was correct in the past ... or is correct now.
It had to be one or the other, though, right?
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