In mild forms, the primary symptom is a vulnerability to false equivalencies. Virulent strains, such as the current one, can cause victims to lose all moral perspective.
“You write these words without even mentioning Conyers, Franken (who both need to go) and of course Bill Clinton,” writes a retired Air Force colonel. “Crickets from you on a louse like Bill.”
Another (of many) asked: “Where was your indignation and outrage due Bill Clinton? And how can you justify electing his enabling and complicit partner Hillary?”
I would have thought the best treatment for this faulty logic would be to ignore it, but it seems to be infecting the commentariat, too, to some extent: We are now hearing that the Conyers and Franken cases are muddying the waters and causing Democrats to lose the political high ground.