As someone who experienced a lot of bullying in the past, I can tell you it changed me as a person and I still struggle with it to this day. While I understand where you’re coming from, my point is we should put more emphasis on what the person actually did and how it affected others. It’s easy to forgive from the outside, I just wish the people he/she hurt would see their message and their regrets

Did you also kick people for fun?

If you managed to be both, why not maintain a balance

Freak Kitchen - Breathe

I think it’s partially because of Smithers, who acts like his better half, kind of negating many of Burns’s traits. It’s also because he’s intentionally written like this, akin to Grinch, someone who tries so hard to be evil that it’s hard not to pity him

You can’t start drinking if you never stop

I guess that’s pretty close