My (not-so-charitable) interpretation of their position: Sometimes being a jerk and helping a little is the best way to help people.  Therefore, you can always be a jerk and only help people a little.<p>I&#x27;m obviously committing a logical fallacy, but I think they are as well.  Sometimes when you do something, there are negative consequences as well as positive ones.  And if you aggressively count the positive ones and ignore the negative ones, you really aren&#x27;t helping.