Believing the news that said he was an evil dictator.

To be fair, it doesn't seem that his dictatorship was very much for the sovereignty and empowerment of "We The People" with all of its socialist programs and his complete unwillingness to be not a dictator.

I don't know the truth about Ghaddafi. He is a mystery. Some day maybe I will do a deep dive there. I think there is a great deal more to that story than can be gleaned from a cursory inspection.