“Clichés, stock phrases, adherence to conventional, standardized codes of expression and conduct have the socially recognized function of protecting us against reality. The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.”
Hannah Arendt
Or most evil is caused by people who cross the line between good and evil are so far gone they don’t even remember a line.
Most people don’t even know the difference anymore.
Pointing out that there is a difference in any public forum seems to have become a highly unfavored activity.
It most certainly isn’t taught in our public schools today, or even in a large number of our apostate religious institutions.
“Men in general live as much by appearances as by realities: indeed, they are often moved more by things as they appear than by things as they really are.”
Machiavelli