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[[Obliviously Evil]] is a subtrope (despite the name), when a character doesn't have the malevolent intent to really be considered an evil person, but causes serious harm anyway because they don't understand that what they're doing is wrong. Or, sometimes, that they're doing anything wrong in the first place.
See also [[Justified Criminal]], [[Anti
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* [[Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters]]
* Animals recognized for a pattern of savage attacks on humans will always have some people come to their defense claiming this. [[Grizzly Man (Film)|Timothy Treadwell]] was one of the most famous - and according to Grizzly Bears, ''[[Irony|delicious]]'' - champions of this argument. Of course, such people are half-right; it stands repeating that such animals don't intend malice when they attack people, [[Don't Try This At Home|but they are still highly dangerous creatures and should
* Related: Pit bulls. They were bred for dogfighting, so they attack other dogs a ''lot''; however, for the exact same reason, they've also been bred to get along well with humans<ref>You don't want a dog that strong trying to bite your fingers off, after all</ref>. The end result is that well-socialized pit bulls are often great dogs, but between dogfighters and the number of people who just want a "badass" [[Angry Guard Dog]] and [[Did Not Do the Research]], they've got such a reputation for violence that the breed is actually ''banned'' in some places.
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