I adore many individual humans, and considering even complete strangers one at a time, I can offer the benefit of the doubt to a considerable degree. I abhor us as a species, and when large groups of humans do stupid or evil things, my benefit-of-doubt mechanisms stop working and I fall back on “we suck”.
I’m rather the opposite. My feelings can best be summed up by a Pirates of Penzance quote rather than a webcomic:
Or Mrs. Banks in Mary Poppins: “Though we adore men individually, we agree that as a group they’re rather stupid.”
What does that mean in practical terms?
I adore many individual humans, and considering even complete strangers one at a time, I can offer the benefit of the doubt to a considerable degree. I abhor us as a species, and when large groups of humans do stupid or evil things, my benefit-of-doubt mechanisms stop working and I fall back on “we suck”.
“A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it.”—Agent K, Men in Black