One politician hurls invective at another politician, who responds in kind. A leader’s character is trashed, and venomous charges are leveled against him or her. In return, he or she trashes and indicts opponents, and all the while, principles, policies, proposals — what should matter most in choosing our leaders — are cast aside. It never ceases to shock, and you wonder how much lower people can stoop, until, with increasing rapidity, we stoop lower and lower.
And lest we indict only those in the political arena, we also find that in face-to-face encounters, in the media and on the Internet — and there’s nothing quite like anonymity, devoid of the requirement to face the person of whom you speak ill — all kinds of malicious charges and slurs are flung about. In today’s world, there seems to be a trend toward greater and greater disparagement and ugliness toward others.
Yet it need not be so and should not be so, for such behavior portends serious and disastrous consequences for society.
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