By way of Step Four, the AA member can mitigate his harsh self-condemnation while nevertheless taking responsibility for his misdeeds.

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It stands for Mutual Self-Righteous Condemnation.

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But what the Russians are absolutely not amenable to, what history has repeatedly shown they reject outright, is a bullying campaign of self-righteous moral condemnation in which they are expected to offer a number of unilateral concessions.

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