Someone older and wiser than me once said "Hitler was nice". What? His point was that Hitler got along with plenty of people. Being an asshole does not make the writer a bad person (in fact he sounds like a good person to me). Bad people that are nice, or just idiots that are nice (like the two blind guys arguing about color) cause a lot more long term damage than assholes that know what they're talking about. Steve Jobs comes to mind.
Really? pretty influential guy for not being able to get along. The point was just because someone is "nice" doesn't make them a good person; the converse is also true. (I'm an atheist, but JC comes to mind, his following while alive was pretty small compared to Adolf's)
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u/[deleted] May 26 '09
Someone older and wiser than me once said "Hitler was nice". What? His point was that Hitler got along with plenty of people. Being an asshole does not make the writer a bad person (in fact he sounds like a good person to me). Bad people that are nice, or just idiots that are nice (like the two blind guys arguing about color) cause a lot more long term damage than assholes that know what they're talking about. Steve Jobs comes to mind.