Zizek also seems to be reiterating the adage that the greatest sin is to do the right thing for the wrong reasons. It may be true that blacks in New Orleans did loot and rape, but to make that claim because "that's what blacks would do" is dreadful, and the reason that "the right thing for the wrong reasons" is wrong is that it predicts further right things for wrong reasons, or means justified by ends, and this is morally corrupt. An honest mistake is preferable to a correct statement motivated by dishonesty or avarice, for example racism. A problem with …
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