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197: Sympathy and Satan

Classical Stuff You Should Know

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The Humanization of Evil, Isn't It?

There was a push, there was a push at veratos a few years ago against the humanizing of villains. I have always been uncomfortable with the push to make monsters pure monster because it cartoonizes the whole thing. And what happens when we have only cartoonish evil, as i think kids lose the notion that like, sometimes a little slip then like, istill, i'm pretty good person, like, i'm not a monster. It lets them slide down that thing without realizing,. ok, these small steps, this is what evil is, is when good has gone a little bit screwball. Like, i've alredy said it, but they don't learn small

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