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.
Evil at the societal level isn’t about bad intentions, but instead about these 12 things
THEM: Our enemies are evil-intentioned villains! ME: Don’t you think they say the same about us? THEM: But WE have good intent! ME: Agreed. We do. But does it worry you that people have a strong tendency to view those in their opposition as having evil intent? As being purposely villains?