I’m not defending them. I’ve consistently only advocated for more compassion than the binary “hero” and “monster” allows for. Because in a worldview where those are the only options, apparent bigotry and the murder of children isn’t considered a problem even 100 years after the fact, as long they were seen to be on the right side.
We need to be able to think on a spectrum of morality, otherwise we’re just inviting more horrors into the world that hide in plain sight under the guise of “righteousness”.
I’m not defending them. I’ve consistently only advocated for more compassion than the binary “hero” and “monster” allows for. Because in a worldview where those are the only options, apparent bigotry and the murder of children isn’t considered a problem even 100 years after the fact, as long they were seen to be on the right side.
We need to be able to think on a spectrum of morality, otherwise we’re just inviting more horrors into the world that hide in plain sight under the guise of “righteousness”.