Most smart people know that demonizing others is how good people do bad things
What most smart people don't know is what it feels like from the inside to demonize somebody. It doesn't feel like demonizing. It feels like you're facing a demon. It feels like the person is abusive, that they're trying to oppress or exploit you. They're trying to harm you and you are the innocent victim. It feels like you don't have to care about their feelings or their perspective because they are bad. It feels like you don't have to talk to them because talking would be pointless. They are bad. If you would like to be a good person who does good things, you need to learn to fight this natural human tendency. To have a strong assumption that people are good, and usually if they hurt you, it is by accident or something else understandable. To have a strong assumption that most people do not want to cause harm, and if you talk to them about it, they will update and learn. Or YOU will update and learn and realize that you were in fact mistaken. To be slow to judge and quick to forgive. That is how good people continue to do good things.
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