No one is saying that you should be hated for Klaus's actions. What I'm saying is that the entire thing is fucking insane and it's even more insane to continue feeding into it.
Yes, we're all monsters in our own ways, some more prominently than others. (Just for the record, I do count myself among that number. And Klaus. I believe in calling a spade a spade.) But you can't deny that Elena was backed into a corner by Klaus. And what does a frightened animal do when it's cornered? It lashes out. For all that Kol was a calculated decision, it was also lashing out.
And that's fine. He's still a dickhead, though. Just... putting that out there.
I hope so. But hopefully it would clear that image out first.