There Is No Right Way to Do the Wrong Thing

That’s it.
That’s the whole truth.

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.
No explanation strong enough.
No intention pure enough.
No wound deep enough to excuse it.

Wrong doesn’t become right because it was justified, softened, or eloquently defended.
Harm doesn’t turn ethical because someone “meant well.”
And accountability doesn’t disappear just because the story sounds convincing.

Wrong is wrong.
Full stop.

What makes this hard to swallow is that it removes every loophole we rely on when we don’t want to look at ourselves too closely. It asks us to stop negotiating with our conscience, stop rewriting the story, and simply own what crossed the line—without drama, without defense, without spin.

We can unpack the rest another day.