@QuantumSpecter to TechnologyEnglish • 1 month agoWas the whole TikTok drama a bait-and-switch to make Trump look good?www.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square123arrow-up1545arrow-down128
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-1•1 month agoCan you really call it “professing” if nobody actually believes you and you know nobody will believe you?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-21 month 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.