alt Hacker NewsYour phrasing in the post I replied to is not the phrasing you are using now.
People frequently do bad things to people that they think are the right thing and that they still know are not “for [the victim’s] own good”. For example, removing an entire group of people from society is often presented as “for the good of everyone else”.
This is an incredibly important distinction when talking about the horrific ways gay people have been treated in the past couple centuries.
My meaning was clear. You are reading something I did not say into my comment. I have added to what I said, but my last comment does not contradict anything in my previous comment.