There is plenty of evil in this world. The headlines remind us every day that there are people whose actions demonstrate that they have abandoned their humanity. Sometimes, though, it is the people who mean well who are the most difficult to stop. They are harder to identify and wreak their havoc with the fervor of true believers.
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