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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
Tacit acceptance. Side D calls side R names. When side R calls side D names, side D screams "name-calling!" Accusing someone of doing something implies you don't do it yourself. It works for both sides.
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Sorry, your inference is not logical.
Accusing someone of doing something does not mean that you are claiming you don't do it. The two really don't have any causality relationship (or even much of a correlation relationship). An accusation, itself, does not reduce any uncertainty in the hypothesis that the accuser is equally guilty of the same action being accused.
Accusing someone of "A" may or may not indicate that you are also doing "A". The accusation does not influence the hypothesis. Without other information, it is simply unknown.
Politics is full of examples of people accusing others while doing the same thing themselves. The logical term is Tu quoque fallacy.
But you have the right to your inferences. But an inference is not a fact. However you have not demonstrated that any politician (from either side) has ever "pretend[ed] they don't do it themselves." which was the question I had for your post.
If you can find such a citation, I will gladly recognize your inference as being valid and humbly admit I was wrong. I do not claim to be all-knowing about every single quote from a politician.
