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Maybe they were good people at some point, but not anymore. By definition.
Good of you to judge people you don't know, based on some irrelevant criteria, while ignoring any evidence to the contrary.
Same goddamn thing the Republicans do, so great job there. Good behavior to emulate.
No. Voting for capital E Evil is a very relevant criteria.
That they are lied to and propaganda shaped their lifes can still also be true. But you are still responsible for your actions. And voting is a very important and powerful one.
And that they can still be nice to their neighbours and be friendly and helpful to the right people can also still be true with the above fact.
Because as a German I can tell you: those things are not mutually exclusive. Germany under the Nazis still had "normal people" who were friendly to their (aryan, non jewish or foreign) neighbours, but they still mostly supported a regime that led to the death of millions. And we don't call them good people for good reasons.