Michael K.

And when you get to the top?

There are no rules at all.

You will call that hypocrisy, but it isn’t. It is a consistent application of their fundamental ideology.

They believe in a “natural order” of hierarchical dominance and submission that provisions greater “liberty,” power over others, and material resources as you ascend.

If “right wing” or “conservative” mean anything at all, they refer to people who believe in and act within a fundamentally unequal hierarchy of power and value.

They simply do not believe in universal standards that apply to everyone. They never have.

The very suggestion is a perversion to them.

On the hand, Liberals are often burdened by the assumption that, because they ostensibly believe in things like human rights, the rule of law, equality, morality that is applied indifferently, and rule-bound fair-play generally, that their opponents and competitors share those beliefs. They do not.

The thing is, this cuts both ways.

If you were willing to ignore what HRC (and plenty of others) were doing in disregard of “security,” but taking a stand now that the other team is doing the same or worse, you’re just as open to accusations of hypocrisy, or partisan double standards.