This should be a be a HUGE red flag to DU'ers that they are not a good judge of character.
Character doesn't matter. The logic goes like this:
Being a hypocrite is the worst possible thing.
If you have standards/morals, then you have something to be measured against.
If you do not meet that measure, you are a hypocrite.
If you do NOT have standards/morals, there is nothing to be measured against.
Thus, if you do NOT have standards/morals it is impossible to be a hypocrite.
Character does NOT enter the equation. That is why lying (even under oath) is OK to the left.
Character is for people with standards and morals.