Human Nature

[Ivan Denisovich]

I go back to Solzhenitsyn, that the line between good and evil runs down the middle of every person's heart, and that line fluctuates hither and yon throughout a person's life, or even day-by-day. You can be a great person one day and a shitbag the next. I know that's true of me. So I don't judge all men by a single standard, or even judge one person by one day's actions, but rather by a collation of their behavior.

In my experience shitbags are shitbags consistently even if they are nice to some people they interact with. I do judge all people by a single standard - anyone voting for fascists isn't a good human being no matter how many grannies they helped to cross the street or how many kittens they rescued. Supporting inhuman policies far outweigh any common act of kindness in my view.

And like I said above, my dog is a much better person than the people I've met.

Dog shit is better "person" than millions of people as while it might stink and often end on one boots it at least does not support fascist policies, police brutality or religious extremism.