Thank you.  A perfect example of why whether or not someone is a hypocrite is irrelevant.

Allow me to simplify, using the Polite Chipmunk Example:

Chip: "I am of the opinion that no one should ever, unless provoked, haul off and belt someone in the chops."
Dale: "Sir, I whole-heartedly concur."
Chip: "WHAM!" [hauls off and belts Dale in the chops]
Dale: "But you just said . . ."
Chip: "That I did."
Dale: "You, sir, are a hypocrite!"
Chip: "Indeed."
Dale: "Oh - well, then . . . well played!"
Chip: "Thankew!"
Dale: "No, thank YOU!"
Chip: "nonononono, . . ."

                                                 CURTAIN

An the moral of the story is that one does not have to practice what one preaches.

Hypocrites are perfectly capable of providing sound guidance.

I hope I've cleared this up.