This is where situational ethics gets you and the belief that there are really no black and white truths and falsehoods. Everything is just a shade of gray.
We have all been living in a society of fluid ethics for so long that students now see nothing wrong with cheating on a test. Researchers no longer record the data before giving it a gentle massage to get it to confirm their predetermined, desired outcome. Spouses cheat on each other without a twinge of guilt. People cheat on their taxes and are awarded with sweet political appointments. If they can cheat, why can’t everyone? We are living in a reprobate society.
We have reached the tipping point where lying is so commonplace that the chances are everything is a lie and we act accordingly.
seowulf: “We have reached the tipping point where lying is so commonplace that the chances are everything is a lie and we act accordingly.”
Perhaps, but this site and my life experiences tell me there are millions and millions of good, honest Americans left. All is not lost...yet.