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I don't think it is a fallacy. At most it is pedantic.

She makes a good point about the difference between banal evil born from apathy and active evil born from hate. The difference is important not because one is morally better than the other, but because the strategy to prevent them is different in each case.

Active hateful evil is relatively easy to prevent, just don't be a dick. But preventing the banal apathetic kind takes more active effort.




If you think all bad things are done by someone acting like Snidely Whiplash, you don't notice the bad things that are being done around you by "normal" folks.




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