compassion/confrontation

so, i've been thinking about compassion and confrontation and learning that it is of course not an either/or. true compassion includes confronting misdirection and yes, i'll even use the word evil. i believe that usually our inner darkness is a result of the shadow of ignorance. i don't use the word evil easily, but when a person or group continues to actively hurt another person or group the act of true compassion is to stand up and confront the ignorance that is the root of the evil. what do you think?