The commonest charge against Cromwell is hypocrisy - and the commonest basis for that is defective chronology.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Accusations of hypocrisy often arise from misunderstandings of the sequence of events.
- In plain terms
- People call him a hypocrite because they get the order of events wrong.
- What can you take from it?
- Check the timeline before judging consistency.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does timing change perception?
- When did you judge too quickly?
Another view
Sometimes hypocrisy is real regardless of chronology.
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