This black & white view of good and evil is starting to get really tiresome. Is it the effect of modern movies/tv shows that causes this belief? In movies there's usually a clear/perfect/innocent "good" guy and a bad guy, but real life is rarely so cut and dry.
It is perfectly possible for there to be two different parties, each of which (to different degrees of course) make bad decisions that hurt innocent people. Being honest about this and calling it out is not the same thing as equating what the "bad guy" and the "good guy" do.
Well most people here are binary.
Killing people and believing in astrology or homeopathy or whatever are not comparable.
It’s not about good or bad. It’s about basic human morals and rights.
I think he meant that in all countries, there are some people who believe in crazy things -- but that he didn't mean to make the comparison you reacted to
It is perfectly possible for there to be two different parties, each of which (to different degrees of course) make bad decisions that hurt innocent people. Being honest about this and calling it out is not the same thing as equating what the "bad guy" and the "good guy" do.