QuantumSpecter@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWas the whole TikTok drama a bait-and-switch to make Trump look good?www.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1545cross-posted to: technology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1545external-linkWas the whole TikTok drama a bait-and-switch to make Trump look good?www.independent.co.ukQuantumSpecter@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square120fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmit.online
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoCan you really call it “professing” if nobody actually believes you and you know nobody will believe you?
minus-squareInitiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year agoYes. Profess: 1) To affirm openly; declare or claim. 2) To make a pretense of; pretend. If one makes a pretense of holding beliefs, feelings, or values that one does not hold, one is a hypocrite. Whether anyone else understands the pretenses of the hypocrite or not does not change the definitions of the words.
Can you really call it “professing” if nobody actually believes you and you know nobody will believe you?
Yes.
Profess: 1) To affirm openly; declare or claim. 2) To make a pretense of; pretend.
If one makes a pretense of holding beliefs, feelings, or values that one does not hold, one is a hypocrite.
Whether anyone else understands the pretenses of the hypocrite or not does not change the definitions of the words.