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Do you think there are any beliefs which makes a person believing them a horrible person, or is it always 'hate the belief, not the person'? (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes, your beliefs shape how you act, so shitty beliefs will make you a shitty person. Not shitty all the time, but shitty often enough that anyone can point at the person and see it's mainly due to the belief.

Some examples: racists, fascists, ancaps

[–] Delusional 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Are they still horrible people if they've been brainwashed by conservative propaganda all their life?

[–] thesporkeffect 2 points 4 months ago

'horrible' is not a useful metric for human beings. It's entirely subjective. If you want to define it as their net impact on the world (still pretty vague), then yes - negative actions are not counterbalanced by hypothetical good intentions