“Let’s see, baseball, rode a bike - that could be me, except for the part where I go out and do something incredibly stupid. All those things - Boy Scout, outdoorsman, right? You know who that is? A lot of people. Dennis Rader, the BTK killer, was all those things. Dennis Rader, remember him? He’s the beat, bind, torture and kill guy. He liked to hunt. He was a family man. Everybody liked him. His mother liked him. All that stuff. Dennis Rader and Alex – I’m sorry, but I can’t just pretend because you’re dead, you’re like the superior person.”
If you said he was skilled soldier, loved his wife, went to church, good father. The right would say ah yes perfect.
You saying he was caring, a good nurse, kind, went on walks with his dog. They have a fit. Why?
I think it’s because they’re fine with somebody being painted as a good person, as long as a good person means good citizen, a loyal citizen. They don’t like hearing how someone was actually a good person. They don’t like someone’s moral character being brought into it, probably due to a complete lack of their own.
If this were reddit, I’d give you gold