Recently I've been thinking about either or not people are inherently evil or not.
It's a controversial topic, because people love to place the blame on someone and build up the image that this person is 100% evil. These people are in a sense scapegoats for the actions of many. A fairly common post I've seen circulating the interwebs is a photo set of Hitler posing with a bunch of children. For a lot of people this is shocking because in school we learn that Hitler is an evil, evil man who killed thousands of innocent people and was the driving force in World War 2. In reality, yes Hitler was a very bad man. But he was doing what he thought would improve his country. During that time Germany was in debt and people were suffering
In many cases, it's easier to blame things on other people. This allows for us to relieve some of the guilt we feel from past events. We're able to mentally eliminate any possible way we could've contributed to this horrible event. But, realistically, if we look at things from an unbiased view are people completely evil?
In order to fully discuss this you need to think about what the definition of evil is. Is it when someone commits an act of violence or harm on another, innocent person? Or does someone have to essentially live an evil lifestyle for them to be whole heartedly evil?
For the sake of simplicity we're going to say that being "evil" is when a person does something to harm another living being.
What got me thinking about this topic was a recent hangout with an old friend. Let's call him grá caite. So he and I have a lot of history, we used to date but now we're just very close friends. We went to the same high school and there he had the reputation of being in some forms "evil". He's had a couple run ins with the law, and he's gotten in many fights. From someone looking in we look like the weirdest and most unlikely duo, but somehow it just works.
In any case, whenever I tell my other friends that I hang out with him they can never understand why I still talk to him. "he's an asshole" "he's so mean" etc, etc.
Now see, they only see the outer workings of him. They only see the asshole persona he put on for most people. But like most people, if you get to know them and you get close to them, they'll eventually open up to you.
This is the case with my dear grá caite. Just recently he opened up and showed his true colours to me and that there was something so special and so personnel it fills my heart with warmth just thinking about it. There's something very meaningful behind someone opening themselves up to their most vulnerable state to you that I live for.
One of my coworkers once told me that I had a face that seems to make everyone just want to tell me their life stories. To many people that would be annoying, but to me that's a really big compliment. I like to think that I'd be there for anyone who needs me, all they have to do is reach out for support and I'd be there for them.
Regardless, till later my internet hipsters,
-Caitlin xoxo
