Is It a Fair Criticism of Cleon?

He's also been criticised for making his leading figures too black and white. Is that a fair criticism of him? I think it is quite because he has a unique ability to show you that certain people that he does not like are dynamic in their own right. And so nicius is a complete ancompetent, but there was no man thatas lived a better life than nicias. We know that he we from a variety, i think, of good conjectures.