text: Arvid attempts dismissal by claim of hypocrisy. It has nothing to do with the original argument, but simply raises a new distracting charge. At its base, it assumes no one can critique another unless, by comparison, a similar claim cannot be made against the other side. 
  It may have religious roots (let he without sin cast the first stone) and so I call it the "Jesus Principle": Unless one is perfect, one cannot critique another. And since we are not perfect, the dismissal by claim of hypocrisy can be limitless. 
  As I posted below, the definition of fake news has been perverted. In effect, the charge of "fake news" is fake. As a summary of Orwell notes: "Orwell criticised words with formally precise definitions being used badly and the vague slide in meaning for many of these words. He was a fierce critic of Fascism but he would freely mock the promiscuous use of the word"
  https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/25/world/europe/fake-news-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-georgia.html?_r=1