Originally Posted by
Frogacuda
Cool story, so glad I tried to communicate something. God forbid any of you read a full post before replying.
No one is calling Rittenhouse Hitler, and pretending you don't get basic cliche rhetorical devices is really a bad faith way to tap out of an argument.
"Good intentions" being meaningless is pretty much a cliche, right? Road to hell and all that? It's hardly an outrageous point to make. No one cares about your intentions if you aren't also living in reality.
And this becomes especially true when "good intentions" metastasize into hero delusions. People who start developing a grandiose sense of duty or self importance are often among the MOST likely to make some really troubling choices, right?
TLDR: People often do bad shit when they start thinking of themselves as heroes, and that impulse isn't as "noble" as its apparent "good intention," nor does it deserve a pass, because it's rooted more in ego than empathy and tends to devolve into delusional self mythologizing.
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