When judging people or voting, context is crucial — and maddeningly easy to omit.

When judging people or voting, context is crucial — and maddeningly easy to omit.

In a tweet stream, comedian Greg Larson brutally manipulates context to make evil people seem defensible. It’s a revealing satirical exercise in the crucial role of context — and a good way to remind ourselves of how crucial it is as we make important decisions. Here’s Larsen’s original tweet, which people took as a challenge….