The issue at hand, however, is a certain kind of political hypocrisy — the conscious use of a mask to fool the public and gain political benefit. Trump presents a special case, in which the normal criticisms of political hypocrisy should be suspended. This is a rare ethical circumstance in which realism and good sense take the form of hypocrisy. On a variety of issues, the sincerity of Trump’s current intentions — or the cynicism of his past intentions — should not matter. But in this strange, new political era, hypocrisy is our best hope.

Source: Washington Post November 29, 2016 00:36 UTC