It's generally wrong to call anyone evil for doing what they think is right, because they're probably not evil. Parties like the National Socialists are rare.
But what's the difference between a person doing what they think is right and a National Socialist doing what they think is right?
If what you're saying is that there really is an objective standard of evil that applies to national socialists, then surely the problem isn't with calling people evil for their political positions, the problem is with doing that and being wrong, correct?
But what if someone else thinks that you're wrong, and that their definition of evil is right?
It would be like if you went up to a random person on the street and called them a murderer. It's possible that you could actually be correct. You could have found the zodiac killer by accident. But you aren't likely to be right.
Hypothetically, what if you went up to someone who was standing over a freshly stabbed corpse with a bloody knife and called them a murderer? Would that still be wrong?
I am not saying that the former automatically leads to the latter, just that the former is an essential component of the latter.
Why does that matter?
Is it wrong to own a car because cars are an essential component of hit and runs?
No, it is not always wrong to kill people.
Then is it always wrong to wish someone dead?
"wishing covid death to conscious spreaders" is a direct quote from post 618
I know. But it seems like that might be a reference to the position put forward in other posts, no?
Yes, it automatically indicates a callous disregard for human life.
But actually killing people doesn't, necessarily?
Why?
Killing should be your last resort, and not something you should ever want to do.
Why not?
Besides, what about wishing for someone to die? That wouldn't be wanting to kill them, would it. It would just be them dying. Is wishing for that still a callous disregard for human life?
It's not for me to say if the world would truly be better off without them. One would have to be omniscient to know that.
Isn't that true of almost everything?
How can you know whether or not a national socialist is evil without being omniscient?
Why are you less capable of knowing this than anything else?