No one’s saying defense isn’t ever necessary. Not dehumanizing our enemies doesn’t mean we have to sit down and sing kumbayah with them. It means that we can’t ever lose sight of the fact that even the worst evils still come from humanity.
If you fail to recognize that fascists are human, if you perceive them as nothing more than cartoon villains, then you will fail to recognize when humans become fascists. Your coworker, your uncle, your friends, you’ll fail to see the signs in front of you. Or worse, you’ll fail to see it in yourself when you start using their own tools and tell yourself it’s alright when you do it.
again you’re conflating why they dehumanize and why i do. they do it because of racism and bigotry, when they say not human they literally mean not the same species. when i say it it’s because I’ve seen them doing inhuman deeds gleefully. it does not mean they are a different species, it means they don’t deserve the dignity and respect than humans do. again “if you do it you’re no different” is bullshit.
Alright, and now you’ve dehumanized them. Now what? How do you solve the problem that is Nazis? Billionaires? Landlords? Omnivores? Breeders? You agree some or all of these aren’t really human, right? So what’s off the table for you with respect to your inhuman group of choice? What’s the limit for others who, like you, think one or all of these groups are inhuman? And what do you think the end point is? Remember, genocide was the Final Solution, not the First Solution.
No one’s saying defense isn’t ever necessary. Not dehumanizing our enemies doesn’t mean we have to sit down and sing kumbayah with them. It means that we can’t ever lose sight of the fact that even the worst evils still come from humanity.
If you fail to recognize that fascists are human, if you perceive them as nothing more than cartoon villains, then you will fail to recognize when humans become fascists. Your coworker, your uncle, your friends, you’ll fail to see the signs in front of you. Or worse, you’ll fail to see it in yourself when you start using their own tools and tell yourself it’s alright when you do it.
again you’re conflating why they dehumanize and why i do. they do it because of racism and bigotry, when they say not human they literally mean not the same species. when i say it it’s because I’ve seen them doing inhuman deeds gleefully. it does not mean they are a different species, it means they don’t deserve the dignity and respect than humans do. again “if you do it you’re no different” is bullshit.
Alright, and now you’ve dehumanized them. Now what? How do you solve the problem that is Nazis? Billionaires? Landlords? Omnivores? Breeders? You agree some or all of these aren’t really human, right? So what’s off the table for you with respect to your inhuman group of choice? What’s the limit for others who, like you, think one or all of these groups are inhuman? And what do you think the end point is? Remember, genocide was the Final Solution, not the First Solution.