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minus-squareThePantser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down15·11 days agoYes but it’s easier to call for extermination of non humans. Think of him like a cockroach or mosquito and stop or slap the fucker to oblivion.
minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down3·11 days agoThat’s precisely the logic that fascists use to exterminate their enemies. I’d rather not share a quality with fascists.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·11 days agoTo be fair it’s not precisely the same logic because fascism is a choice you make, not something you’re born as.
minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·11 days agoThePantser and the other commenter are making the choice to dehumanize their enemy. I don’t understand the difference you’re trying to distinguish.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-211 days agoNazis: “These aren’t people because they were never people.” ThePantser: “These aren’t people anymore because of choices they made.” One could argue that it’s heavy-handed or dangerous or something, but it’s not the same logic.
minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·11 days agoTrump and his ilk are dehumanizing immigrants, people who made a choice. Don’t become them.
minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·11 days agoIf your point is that Trump is also dehumanizing others, you won’t find disagreement with me. I don’t take it as a refutation of my point. I think I’ve made my stance quite clear and I’ll leave it here.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 days agoMy refutation of your point is that this was never about immigrants.
Yes but it’s easier to call for extermination of non humans. Think of him like a cockroach or mosquito and stop or slap the fucker to oblivion.
That’s precisely the logic that fascists use to exterminate their enemies. I’d rather not share a quality with fascists.
To be fair it’s not precisely the same logic because fascism is a choice you make, not something you’re born as.
ThePantser and the other commenter are making the choice to dehumanize their enemy. I don’t understand the difference you’re trying to distinguish.
Nazis: “These aren’t people because they were never people.”
ThePantser: “These aren’t people anymore because of choices they made.”
One could argue that it’s heavy-handed or dangerous or something, but it’s not the same logic.
Trump and his ilk are dehumanizing immigrants, people who made a choice.
Don’t become them.
If your point is that Trump is also dehumanizing others, you won’t find disagreement with me. I don’t take it as a refutation of my point. I think I’ve made my stance quite clear and I’ll leave it here.
My refutation of your point is that this was never about immigrants.
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