The primary evidence that Gaddafi was a bad bad dictator in the eyes of public opinion were rape allegations. There wasn’t actually a lot of evidence of this, but there was enough that between that and his creepy women bodyguards/sex slaves that no one really denies it unless they’re on the full on unhinged America Always Lies train.
So whenever people would ask “what makes Gaddafi so bad besides not liking America,” bam, he’s a serial rapist.
The problem is he also did a lot of demonstrably good things for the Libyan people, but you start looking like a borderline Dave Chappelle sketch if you defend that aspect.
The other problem, as outlined in the first article, is that Libya’s systemic rape problem is/was way, way, WAY worse than before. Only now they don’t even get the social benefits they used to.
Which rather puts a point on the issue that NATO and the UN didn’t actually give a shit about Gaddafi being a rapist. That was just an excuse for intervention for the people unsure about bombing another group of brown people with oil.
Hopefully it calms down now that civil war is actually ending, but the problem is they’re an unstable African country with oil across from Europe so.