| rdfs:comment | - In Real Life, seeing the world in absolute Black and White Morality is considered normal for small children, but seen as a far less healthy trait in adults. A person who regards the people around him as entirely good or entirely evil, as if they were part of some really simplistic narrative, is very likely to have a mental disorder. Some authors have picked up on this, playing belief in Black and White Morality as a sign of the character being insane or at least mentally unstable. Compare Activist Fundamentalist Antics, Windmill Crusader, With Us or Against Us.
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| abstract | - In Real Life, seeing the world in absolute Black and White Morality is considered normal for small children, but seen as a far less healthy trait in adults. A person who regards the people around him as entirely good or entirely evil, as if they were part of some really simplistic narrative, is very likely to have a mental disorder. Some authors have picked up on this, playing belief in Black and White Morality as a sign of the character being insane or at least mentally unstable. While this is almost always done in settings that are not of Black and White Morality themselves, exceptions exist. In such cases, a Lawful Good Anti-Hero suffering from Black and White Insanity can be very disturbing indeed in the eyes of their fellow Lawful Good real heroes. This trope is not about regarding everyone as either completely sane or completely insane - however, such a worldview would be a good example of this trope. A Character suffering from Black and White Insanity is likely to reason in False Dichotomies and keep their worldview coherent by applying huge amounts of Insane Troll Logic and meeting criticism with Abomination Accusation Attacks. Black and White Insanity might also be what makes a Well-Intentioned Extremist, well, an extremist. This kind of insanity is pretty much the characteristic of the Knight Templar. Character development might lead to the insane one becoming a Troubled Sympathetic Bigot. Compare Activist Fundamentalist Antics, Windmill Crusader, With Us or Against Us. Contrast Black and White Morality (for settings where the world actually operates in a way that makes this kind of world-view completely rational). No individual real life examples please. Examples of Black and White Insanity include:
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