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Commentary: Why is it so hard to see evil in ourselves?

Related Topics: Evil, Megyn Kelly

Megyn Kelly has further fallen from grace after verbalizing bigoted ideas in apparent ignorance. Now again we hear the resounding natter of disagreement between the two ideological sides. On the one hand, we are appalled that a mature and educated woman lacks insight about the troubling racist history of white blackface. On the other, we are enraged that the PC police, once again, is shaming a nice woman over an innocent comment.

Socrates said that there is only one good — knowledge — and one evil — ignorance. Unlike modern Americans, he would say that ignorance does not absolve us of culpability for the evil we perpetrate on others.