However, on the other hand, I've seen so many lies (both blatant and subtle) and so many anti-humane, pro-rich, pro-aristocratic, anti-health, anti-education, pro-superstition, anti-science, anti-environmental, anti-empathy, pro-military, anti-fairness actions supported and advocated by right wing folks that yes I do come to expect it much of the time. Are those positions "evil" in the same sense that say Hitler was evil? Hard to say, and that's a can of worms to even try to debate. But my operating principle is that it is approximately equivalent to evil, at least by quality if not by magnitude or directness.
Since you seem worried about this I'll help you out a bit. Since the American right wing lacks a specific plan to exterminate millions of a certain race or religion, or conquer the world with a master race, then the answer is clearly "no".
Was that even an intellectually serious thought though? If you are an American, do you literally worry about the day when your outspoken liberal drinking buddy will be taken to a work camp, if the Republicans should take back Congress or the White House? Or was it just a cheap slur.
Calling bad/evil things bad/evil is not a cheap slur, it's like calling water wet. People just have different views on what constitutes bad/evil.
I'm going to shutup now in this thread area though. Way too political of a topic. Sorry, fellow HN readers. :(
Have you subjected other folks to the same scrutiny?