I should probably comment on the Alex Jones article, as that’s kinda relevant to me.
The sad part is that it likely isn’t a sign of hypocrisy. If anything, he probably watches it because he hates trans people so much. Fetishizing what you hate is nothing new; it’s the main reason why people who fetishize trans women are some of the most dangerous individuals to deal with. They are attracted to our bodies, but hate who we are, and the conflicting emotions (especially if we do have sex with them) often leads to violence, if not murder.
You’re right, but I do think that there is hypocrisy inherent in fetishizing something that you hate. It’s similar to how Ted Haggard, the anti-gay Christian preacher, was having sex with male prostitutes regularly even though he was constantly demonizing gay people. It doesn’t mean that he hated gay people any less than he claimed to, it’s just that he was also a massive hypocrite which makes him all the more despicable. Same thing with J. Edgar Hoover persecuting and terrorizing gay Americans even though he was likely gay himself. Alex Jones watching and enjoying transgender porn even though he’s constantly demonizing and screaming about how unnatural and evil transgender people are makes him even more disgusting than he already is.
I think where we’re coming from are slightly different takes of Hypocrisy. In a strict sense of not living up to their words and standards, that is true. I find that there’s sometimes the connotation that someone who’s a hypocrite doesn’t necessarily believe what they say, though, which is what I’m trying to argue against.
It is fully possible to truly believe the vile things you say, despite having an attraction that way. If anything, the vile things you believe might further the taboo and rush of that fetish, while the shame of being into that fetish further fuels the hate. It’s an Ouroboros of hate and objectifying attraction, but it doesn’t mean he doesn’t believe what he says.
So while he’s hypocritical in the sense of his actions not matching what one would initially expect from his words, he isn’t a hypocrite in the sense that this reveals some aspect of his personality that contradicts his world views.