A set of principles isn't an identity badge to wear showily. Someone who adopts a set of principles not to practice them but merely to identify themselves with the system of thought they find attractive, to participate in a group identity associated with things they like or are familiar with, to attach themselves--teen-ager-like--to the aura of something cool, might be described as an admirer of its principles, but can't--in truth--properly be described as a practitioner thereof, self-mislabeling notwithstanding.
Don't be that person. If you really think it's true, if you aren't kidding yourself about the extent of its genuine value, then practice it.
Of course, one may find limited value in a set of principles, or regard them as being partially true, or as having an unspecified degree of truth in them. That's certainly reasonable. But then such a person should honestly admit to such both to herself or himself and to others and should engage in truth in self-labeling.
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