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Originally Posted by Babayaro.

The only thing wrong with that is calling him a "brilliant man"

The rest is true

"Brilliant" meaning "intellectually brilliant" or a genius... not as in "good".

I don't think there's anything wrong with what she said, Hitler was clearly highly intelligent, a fairly skilled orator and clearly a master manipulator. I doubt he was a literal genius / gifted (after all, his artwork never amounted to anything and his writing wasn't great either) but I can see how someone might think so. She's right that someone with a low IQ can't have that sort of impact on the world (without other, smarter individuals silently pulling the strings, anyway).

Stating that someone is intelligent isn't objectively "praise", intelligence isn't always an indicator of a good, compassionate or kind person. Often the opposite, tbqfh.