In posts below, Rich Lowry and others speak of a false moral equivalence between Trump and Cruz. The media have been saying, or implying, that both candidates are responsible for these new lows in the presidential campaign: the battle of, or about, the wives; the tabloid accusations. The media have been expressing a “both-sides-ism,” as Mona Charen says, which is wrong.

It occurs to me: Those who buy and sell false moral equivalence in international affairs will do the same in domestic, political affairs.

For my money, the most stenchful example of false moral equivalence in recent times was provided by — drum roll, please — Donald J. Trump. He was being pressed on his admiration of Putin. What about the killing of journalists who displease the Russian strongman? Trump answered, “I think our country does plenty of killing also.”

As I’ve commented in the past, this is the kind of thing you’d expect from a sociology prof at Oberlin. But it comes from the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination.

Great, just great. Thanks, voters. Isn’t one Democratic party enough?

P.S. The Left and the mainstream media are pretty big on moral equivalence. But they can get awfully judgmental, as in the case of Ferguson, Mo., or the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Annoying, that.

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