The most evil person in history

[spacekowboy]

My point still applies, Alex.

 

[Plasmaball]

The op

 

[Fermina_Daza]

Because they were in position to do so. Given the opportunity women will “achieve” as well, don’t bullshit yourself.

Perhaps women are just better at not getting caught in their evil ways….

 

[Tigersman]

I don't know his name but I nominate the catholic pope who started the inquisition and the one who had the Templars murdered.

 

[TallMan69]

Here are some others to include in this axis of evil/legion of doom/dishonorable mention: Papa Doc, Lenin, Mussolini, Osama, Idi Amin

 

[neci]

Here are some others to include in this axis of evil/legion of doom/dishonorable mention: Papa Doc, Lenin, Mussolini, Osama, Idi Amin

there’s a poster, or was a while back - no clue if he’s still around, named papa doc. dude was absolutely fucking clueless as to the name. pissed me off every time i saw the name pop up, and i eventually had to put him on ignore.

 

[AchtungNight]

Pol Pot, onetime dictator of Cambodia. You can Google him if you must. Runner up? Rodrigo Borgia.

For women? Ching Shih https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_Yi_Sao

 

[ishtat]

God. Head of the Patriarchy who some believe to be omnipowerful: he specifically blamed 50% of the Human race, women, for humanity's original sins. He then allowed innumerable ills to beset and kill mankind. He was the master and manager of death and destruction, The various priesthoods, the Mao's, Hitler, Genghis Khan Stalin were merely his agents.

 

[jbeardo1]

Im going to go with the 90s teen band hanson.

Reason: ... and i apologise in advance to you all who google this if you dont already have it seared into your brain:

Mmmmm bop

 

[Goldenfinger]

There are many people you could name throughout history that were evil. Im going to say Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Only reason is I saw what he did. I was in Somalia in the early 90s.

 

[PastMaster]

God. Head of the Patriarchy who some believe to be omnipowerful: he specifically blamed 50% of the Human race, women, for humanity's original sins. He then allowed innumerable ills to beset and kill mankind. He was the master and manager of death and destruction, The various priesthoods, the Mao's, Hitler, Genghis Khan Stalin were merely his agents.

While i agree with the anti god sentiment, he cant be the most evil person in history - simply because he doesn't exist.

 

[Sparky74]

That's easy it's the DT

 

[ishtat]

While i agree with the anti god sentiment, he cant be the most evil person in history - simply because he doesn't exist.

Granted, but so long as the concept, however flawed, exists in the minds of men the baleful influence prevails.

 

[TonyF862]

Funny. All men. Go figure.

Interesting twist...So is that because men were inherently more evil - or history is simply written about men? An interesting sub category might be "Most Evil Woman" in history??

 

[Mrtenant]

Popularity contest for evil dudes? I posit that the most evil of them is not likely a widely known person.

How many people perpetrated evil and genocide in the American Old West?

Spanish Conquistadors?

Spanish Inquisition?

Roman Empire?

Mongol hordes?

Dawning of the British empire? I imagine many people in Africa and India have something to say about it.

Japanese military against all of Asia?

Cambodian genocide?

Tuskegee experiments?

List any of the horrors in the bible. Jesus was supposedly a good guy, but how many people are persecuted and killed in his name? Even into hell itself. There was no hell until he came along. Love me or go to hell? C'mon.

Define evil? Are they products of their times or fuck yea, that's eeeeeeeeevil!

 

[Stockholmblondie]

Dr Evil (with help from Mini-Me)

 

[Pabiporffor]

The thing about all the people mentioned so far is their influence pretty much died out when they snuffed it. Real evil lives on and if you want thousands of years of evil acts done in your name there's one clear winner, Jesus.

 

[eomerson]

Just because people do evil things in your name, it doesnt make that person evil. Also, many biblical scholars question the existence of a person name Jesus v a character of stories. We have sooo many rwal evil people we can choose....for pure verified slaughter and systems that survived him for a century you cant ho wrong with Stalin. He makes even Hitler second in this category.

 

[DreamingOfMyEx]

This guy obviously didn't see my post about tin foil.

And you probably didn't see my post about keeping it civil.

Or worse yet, you probably did.

Oh well, you're probably safe from the powers that be as long as you're only criticizing the ones with unapproved opinions.

So, tell us again, who is your pick?

 

[spacekowboy]

This fuckin noob trying to lecture.

 

[KaitlynW1993]

I want to know whom you consider the most evil person in history.

(but first, let's take care of some administrative issues)
- I suspect many people would immediately respond with "Hitler" - and I mean no offense by this but I would prefer this be given more thought than that. So let's eliminate him as a candidate. If you prefer, think of this as "who besides Hitler is the most evil person in history" - and the good news is, you can still name a Nazi.
- I placed this in the General category instead of Politics for a couple of reasons. First, while the most evil person in history is/was probably a politician, that is not necessarily the case. Second, the Politics category tends to attract people who only want to argue, insult and spread the hate and disinformation. I'd prefer we keep this civil for as long as possible. (I can dream, can't I?)

So, on to the challenge:

Well, that was basically it. Who (besides Hitler) is the most evil person in history.

However, don't just give a name, but back up your response with things like numbers of people killed, or enslaved, perhaps the long-term damage caused, etc. Also, please consider whether or not the person "knew or should have known" the evil they were doing. (If I purposefully poison the water supply and kill a million people, that might be considered evil. If I accidentally knock over a vial in a laboratory and a million people die as a result, I probably didn't intend for that to happen.)

Also, I am not suggesting by what criteria you decide someone is "evil" - it isn't just number of people killed, it could instead be based on the heinousness of the acts committed. Perhaps even the intent of the actions, rather than the results. You decide what you want to consider "most evil".

Also, we're talking about real people who we know or have reason to believe existed (as people) - that eliminates Satan, Zeus, that guy from Silence of the Lambs, and most Bond villians. Let's also eliminate Dr. Evil (since I think - but can't be sure - he was really Mike Myers in disguise).

If you are responding to something someone else wrote, please make it clear to whom you are responding.

PLEASE keep it civil. Realize if you participate, someone here might name Stalin, while someone else names Churchill. You can disagree and provide evidence to back up your claim, but keep it civil.

If you're going to get offended, then don't participate.

Also, if you want to steal my idea and post it in the Politics forum, go for it.

Thats easy. Dan Andrews. Australian political communist butthole

 

[CuriousRick]

Soros.

 

[DreamingOfMyEx]

This fuckin noob trying to lecture.

Pretty easy to see why you come here to argue and insult. No accountability, no chance of getting your butt kicked. Plus, you get to impress everybody by saying those naughty words. Hey, if it worked at 12, why shouldn't it work for you now?

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Funny. All men. Go figure.

I would vote for Killary Clinton the only woman I know who had 56 friends die via unknown sources. Some were ruled suicide even through they had two shots to the back of the head.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Soros.

Herr Schwab.