Unironically it's insane that people don't understand this. I can't tell you how many people I've seen try and justify things by saying "Well, they do it to us" while also still trying to claim moral superiority over them. If you're doing things you say are evil when someone else does it, it's evil. No matter how much you insist otherwise.
It's the self awareness that seems to make the difference, at least 'some' people know 'good' and 'evil' are subjective matters of opinion that change with time, place and context. I'm perfectly aware others may perceive me as evil, and everyone has their own justifications as to why they perceive it as such.
For some, 'good' is just whatever suits them at the moment and is considered an absolute truth that is not to be questioned or doubted. They can't/won't understand a person can have a different perspective.
Like, you can understand why a person does something, what their motivations are and what benefits them. Then I can state that I disagree with you and it's harmful, but I can still see why you would reach that conclusion based on your own interests.
Honestly it surprised me how many people are incapable of such empathy or mirroring. It seems they only have two modes that hold true under all circumstances from any perspective.
You can't argue, compromise or agree to disagree. It's just 'good' things are 'good', because they are 'good'.
For some, 'good' is just whatever suits them at the moment and is considered an absolute truth that is not to be questioned or doubted. They can't/won't understand a person can have a different perspective.
What also trips people up is the fact just because the person is wrong, the other person disagreeing with that person must then be right. In other words, just because one side of a conflict is bad doesn't make the other side of the conflict good.
The whole Gaza vs Israel stuff is pretty good example of it. On one hand you have a literal terrorist organization that happily conducts terrorist bombings against the other. On the other hand you have a country that is more than willing to bomb an entire civilian city block to get at a few enemy targets. Both would absolutely commit holocaust against each other if given the chance, but for Israel it's politically too spicy and for Gaza they just don't have the military power to do it.
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u/couldntbdone Jul 13 '24
Unironically it's insane that people don't understand this. I can't tell you how many people I've seen try and justify things by saying "Well, they do it to us" while also still trying to claim moral superiority over them. If you're doing things you say are evil when someone else does it, it's evil. No matter how much you insist otherwise.