Presume psychological symmetry, but of course not ethical symmetry
SOME ANTI-LOCKDOWNERS: I cannot believe that Lockdowners dared to accuse us of trying to kill people merely because we argued against ineffective, harmful, civil-liberties-violating interventions.
ME: Agreed. They should at least
grant that our side, even if it turns out we’re wrong, is well intentioned.
SOME ANTI-LOCKDOWNERS: Exactly! But that’s exactly what we expect from Lockdowners, whose sole purpose with their interventions was to kill and harm as many people as possible!
Evil at the societal level isn’t about good or bad intentions.