Evil and malevolence are disturbing and unfortunately active forces in our society. They are dark and dangerous, with few wiling or even able to effectively deal with them. And yet motives and outcomes they engender can be beneficial to the greater good under the right circumstances. It’s not hard to get past the wrong side of it once you realize everything you do falls on one side or the other of that good/bad line and stays there, the moment you push the “go” button.
Every waking moment, every human being goes down their chosen path on one side of that line or the other, close, far away, or somewhere in-between. Everything they say or do influences to some extent, everything and everyone they come in contact with, somewhere on the spectrum of negative-to-positive outcomes. Bet there’s a lot of people sitting around in Washington D.C. right now with either no clue on which side of the line they stand, or a delusional cognition problem. JMHO, but in terms of potential consequences, that last little faux pas in the Senate was about as far across the wrong side of the line people have gone since WWII, in a coordinated, group-think fashion.