Will Smith's comment on Hilter grossly mishandled

So if you haven't been following the news, the self-appointed thought police in the media are all over actor Will Smith's comments about Adolph Hitler. Smith mused to a Scottish reporter that he (Smith) didn't think that Adolph Hitler intentionally tried to be the most heinous person in 20th century history. Smith suggested Hitler probably thought he (Hitler) was actually doing "good." This comment suggests that Hitler was somewhat deluded in his ideology, and any serious student of history and of the man would probably agree.

What's interesting is that instead of debating the deeper issue Smith's comments raised: whether man is innately good or evil, and whether we are truly conscious all the time of what we believe, why we believe it, and what its impact is on those around us.

No. Instead, the media are all over that fact that Smith, a reasonably intelligent man, would "dare to even talk about Hitler." I guess there are certain events and people of history that we can't even discuss in scholarly debate! That's pretty sad.