You don’t have to share a taste for, or approval of ”...refined murderous evil of the particularly uncommon kind...” It can be explained as a reaction to events or conditions, and history is full of examples. HOWEVER. We have this language that we share, and it signifies. I understand that a rapist has mental instability and other mental health issues that cause him to act not in accordance with common perceptions of minimum human decency. But I can’t say out loud, “I understand why some men rape women.” It’s an example of a truth that is too dangerous to say because emotions prevent others from hearing it.
You can (and did) say that, you just can’t say it on Twitter with no context without causing people to yell at you. ETA: you like language? Gricean maxims.
You don’t have to share a taste for, or approval of ”...refined murderous evil of the particularly uncommon kind...” It can be explained as a reaction to events or conditions, and history is full of examples. HOWEVER. We have this language that we share, and it signifies. I understand that a rapist has mental instability and other mental health issues that cause him to act not in accordance with common perceptions of minimum human decency. But I can’t say out loud, “I understand why some men rape women.” It’s an example of a truth that is too dangerous to say because emotions prevent others from hearing it.
You can (and did) say that, you just can’t say it on Twitter with no context without causing people to yell at you. ETA: you like language? Gricean maxims.