I don't think the current level of abuse and hypocrisy is greater than in the past hundred years. The us has always preached freedom and democracy while conducting secret wars, openly supporting utterly horrific dictatorships etc etc

I remain to be convinced it is a lot worse than previously, and most of the world still tends to believe Churchill's maxim - democracy is the worst form of government, apart from all the others

Tl dr - keep insisting on an end to torture sure, but don't say it was better in the old days.