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Main Entry: hyp·o·crite
Pronunciation: \ˈhi-pə-ˌkrit\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English ypocrite, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin hypocrita, from Greek hypokritēs actor, hypocrite, from hypokrinesthai
Date: 13th century
1 : a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion
2 : a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings
— hypocrite adjective.

Let’s just say that somebody does something bad to you. Everybody agrees that it was a bad thing. Then, let’s say somebody does this same bad thing to somebody else, but it happens to be somebody that you don’t particularly care for. And let’s just say that, instead of coming to this person’s aid and defense, you publically say that you don’t think that it was such a bad thing when it happened to the other person. Well then, you would be a hypocrite.

Love thy neighbor as thyself. Sorry, but I don’t see a loophole for when your neighbor happens to be somebody you don’t like.