Hypocrisy in our current culture is a yawn, apparently. Hypocrisy on both sides.
There was a time when the "ends justifies the means", was not the Golden Rule.
Both sides fight dirty--and they seemingly will do anything with the assumption that if they are not hypocritical, the other side that is hypocritical will win.
We all lose with the cultural trend.
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