>Guess I would call him a hypocrite, as I can't imagine living in prison for one day much less years and years.
You are usually not asked whether you want to go to prison or not.
Why does that make him a hypocrite?
I guess he is a hero? I hope he didn't mail you anything before he died. He had a grudge and took it out on random people. He survived longer in prison than he did in nature. Weird/Toxic lifestyle, IMO.
But how does it make him a hypocrite?
I you talk big, you must act big. You can't go around using a post office and subjecting yourself to prison time and lawyers. It's as simple as that. Otherwise you are not pure and sane and a real naturalist. In fact you're insane and a hypocrite living in prison for ~40 years.
Can you zero on a particular espoused belief and how he practiced other than he preached? What specifically should he have done differently that would've made him not a hypocrite?
I'm honestly trying to figure out what your point is.