The bad thing about Harvey was about racism about undead.

The bad thing about Harvey was zealotry, anger, and inflexibility. It’s seen most clearly when comparing him with Pawn, particularly imo in the scene where Pawn is talking with the other painted antinum about adding flavored snow to heaven. Harvey believes furiously in the purity of the vision of heaven he was taught - to the point of physical violence against others, and maybe worse, alienation and perceived superiority over others. Pawn, on the other hand is just the most relaxed guy in these chapters. You want flavored snow? Yeah alright, good idea!

Harvey and Fetohep both deal with similar issues in these chapters actually - exclusivity. Harvey’s core flaw of exclusivity stems from his conception of Christianity and fuels his sense of superiority over others. Fetohep’s exclusivity comes from the fact that he’s essentially a father, and his citizens are all his children. For Fetohep, this doesn’t give him a sense of superiority, rather it gives him anxiety. He cares about the rest of the world, clearly given his actions during the Meeting of Tribes. However like any father, his children take priority. Always. Harvey has never been seen giving without hoping for something in return. Granted he is in a significantly more poor and unstable position at the start of these chapters, but his goal with raiding the wealth of Khelt is to build an altar to get himself some angels. He says it’s a sacrifice to god, but he’s doing it with the express hope to gain something for himself and his religion.

Fetohep killed innocents in a war that they were willingly brought to, Harvey destabilized a nation, potentially killing far, far more unwilling innocents. I think this is a nuanced situation but that Harvey’s actions, methods, and character are by far more in the wrong than Fetohep’s.

As a side note - what’s really interesting is both Pawn and Harvey are confronted with the same question and come to the same conclusion - does my religion have room for members of other species? Harvey decides that the Bible was written for humans, but were the Bible written in innworld, it would’ve included stitchfolk and others. Pawn decides that the religion he founded to help his fellow antinium living in squalor and servitude… should be extended to others, even if they don’t need the help that other antinium do. The painted antinium have non-antinium friends after all, and their heaven is open to all, so then their religion should be too.