History Quotes / BlackAndWhiteInsanity

->''Oppressors and the oppressed.''
->''My worldview is not complex.''
->''Conspiracies of hierarchies''
->''oppress all the minorities''
->''All other analysis''
->''simply uphold kyriarchy.''
->''It's black and white, that's what I hear.''
->''It's not complex, but it is clear.''
->''Simplicity for me is the key to see all of society.''
->''And if you disagree with me, I'll accuse you of bigotry.''
-->-- '''WebAnimation/FreedomToons''', ''PC Christmas Carol 2''

->''"Media, news or otherwise, will always try to paint our reality as black and white as possible, to be easier to digest to a mass audience. Reality is nuanced, and nuance is hard to stomach. Situations like these are never black and white. And that can make people feel unsure of themselves and uncomfortable. People would rather believe ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' when it says that [[YouCanPanicNow every legal defense we have is letting thousands of criminals go free]] than hear of [[AMillionIsAStatistic the millions who've been prevented from being falsely imprisoned because of it]]."''

->'''Michel''': Your Honor, I once stood in front of youand said I thought there was something wrong with the points system. I finally know what it is. Life now is complicated, it's impossible for anyone to be good enough for the Good Place. I know you don't like to learn too much about life on Earth to remain impartial, but these days, just buying a tomato at a grocery store means that you are unwittingly supporting toxic pesticides, exploiting labor, contributing to global warming. Humans think that they're making one choice, but they're actually making dozens of choices they don't even know they're making.\\

->'''Michel''': Look their are plenty of awful people and thoughtless jerks, and I guess Nazi's, again, somehow, but there are also people who are really trying to be good, and they aren't getting close.\\
'''Saun''': Because they're not good at being good, because they're bad. The score they got on Earth is how good or bad they are, full stop, end of story.

->I stared at her. [[NotSoDifferent We were so similar in such different ways,]] but I couldn’t even begin to comprehend her train of thought. Why were the people who clung so fiercely to the notions of right and wrong the very same individuals that had the worst grasp of what they meant?

->“There’s a habit some people have,” Glenn said, “Where they divide people into enemies and allies. It’s in your records, as a matter of fact, your propensity to define people as enemies and act without mercy, while being gentle and kind to your friends. [[TheCommissionerGordon The Chief Director]] [[NotSoDifferent is another person who is very similar.]] Pairings you two together, you could have been great allies or great enemies, but there’s not much middle ground. It’s a shame you have a powerful enemy, now.”

->''The biggest advantage of extremism is that it makes you feel'' good— ''because it provides you with'' enemies''. Let me explain. The great thing about having enemies is that you can pretend that all the badness in the whole world is in your enemies and all the goodness in the whole world is in you!''

-->--'''''Creator/JohnCleese''''' ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLNhPMQnWu4 vs Extremism]]''

->"The biggest advantage of extremism is that it makes you feel ''good''— because it provides you with ''enemies''. Let me explain. The great thing about having enemies is that you can pretend that all the badness in the whole world is in your enemies and all the goodness in the whole world is in you."

"The biggest advantage of extremism is that it makes you feel ''good''— because it provides you with ''enemies''. Let me explain. The great thing about having enemies is that you can pretend that all the badness in the whole world is in your enemies and all the goodness in the whole world is in you."

--> -- '''Light Yagami''' ''Theatre/DeathNoteTheMusical'', "Where Is The Justice?"

->''"Media, news or otherwise, will always try to paint our reality as black and white as possible, to be easier to digest to a mass audience. Reality is nuanced, and nuance is hard to stomach. Situations like these are never black and white. And that can make people feel unsure of themselves and uncomfortable. People would rather believe ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' when it says that [[YouCanPanicNow every legal defense we have is letting thousands of criminals go free]] than hear of [[DownerEnding the millions who've been prevented from being falsely imprisoned because of it]]."''

-->--''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids''

'''[[KnightTemplar Anakin Skywalker]]''': No! It is black and white! I've been surrounded by darkness since I was born. And there will be no more black!\\

'''[[KnightTemplar Anakin Skywalker]]''': No! It is black and white! I've been surrounded by darkness since I was born. And there will be no more black!\\

-->--'''[[VillainProtagonist Skitter]]''', ''Literature/{{Worm}}''

->I stared at her. [[NotSoDifferent We were so similar in such different ways,]] but I couldn’t even begin to comprehend her train of thought. Why were the people who clung so fiercely to the notions of right and wrong the very same individuals that had the worst grasp of what they meant?\\\\Maybe I wasn’t one to talk.