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  • Drusas
    1•2 months ago

    Dehumanization isn’t good no matter what side you’re on.

    • @yeahiknow3
      3•2 months ago

      Do you dehumanize bears when you acknowledge that they lack certain abilities? I like bears. They’re great! Doesn’t mean I have to pretend that they’re civilized or intelligent.

      • Drusas
        2•2 months ago

        Do I dehumanize a creature which is not human? No, dehumanization doesn’t work that way.

        • @yeahiknow3
          2•2 months ago

          By “human” you might mean

          1. an animal whose DNA falls within a specific probability distribution, or
          2. an animal that embodies various virtues or transcendental capacities, etc.

          We should acknowledge that countless creatures meet condition 1 but not 2. So what?

          • Drusas
            2•2 months ago

            Your second definition is usually referred to as “person”, not “human”.