- Mon Dec 01, 2014 10:43 am
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It's possible to do evil things through a lack of compassion and an overload of arrogance, but to actually be evil is a step too far.
I still don't think IDS is evil, and he's one of the nastiest Tories around. Callous, stupid, vain, petty, bitter, arrogant, egotistical, greedy, mean, blinkered, cowardly and easily led (to name but a few of his endearing traits), sure. But evil? No.
It never pays to dehumanise your opponents (particularly when they frequently do that to others as a means to an end) or give them the excuse that it's their nature to do what they do. The tories are wrong, and work to a set of values that are misguided, not evil. It may take more effort to explain why someone is wrong than just saying they're evil, but once you have your reasoning watertight it's a position that cannot be dismissed. Calling someone evil, however, is easily dismissed by them and others.
Last edited by crabcakes_windermere on Mon Dec 01, 2014 12:05 pm, edited 1 time in total.