The Other Side of the Coin

Its interesting to experience the other side of the coin...more pertinent, to see and experience someone's reaction when the coin is mutual and you're both getting the other side. People always assume that they're rational and that the way they see it is the way it should be. And few - very, very few - even realize when its the other side of the coin that just flipped up and smacked 'em in the nose...so again, they think that they're being rational...even though their actions and points-of-view are often contradictory to their reactions to the first side. Hmmm...does hypocrisy rely on conscious acknowledgement of contradictory points-of-view and actions?

Let's find out. www.dictionary.com says:

1. a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
2. a pretense of having some desirable or publicly approved attitude.
3. an act or instance of hypocrisy.

So, to answer my question, it does. But I just learned that it doesn't apply to this scenario we're discussing. I will have to do some research and find the/a big fancy word that describes someone who holds two contradictory beliefs. Well...its not limited to two, necessarily...someone who holds a set of contradictory beliefs...or something like that. From what I can tell, hypocricy is simply a lie...saying you believe something you don't.