Thomas Jefferson, for instance, may have agonized over the evil of slavery, usually in private, but then he also reputedly raped a 15-year-old he owned and, according to the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, paid $70 just so he could have a runaway slave he had already sold off to someone else “severely flogged in the presence of his old companions.” At least once, Jefferson even“ordered the destruction of all dogs belonging to his slaves,” according to researcher Mary V. Thompson. “At least one of the condemned dogs was hung as a disciplinary warning.”
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/12/america-nation-torturers-stop-saying-isnt-heres-real-truth.html
Yes, we and our so-called heros really ARE that evil. But the truly astonishing aspect of this is that we can find each and every "evil" in our adversaries while not recognizing any of ours:
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
Luke 6:41 KJV
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