Yes, this includes the group of people that you want to dehumanize as well. Humanity isn’t something you can take away, it’s an inherent aspect of a species. You can say “fascists aren’t human”, or “pigs aren’t mammals” and they are equally false statements.
Yes, this includes the group of people that you want to dehumanize as well. Humanity isn’t something you can take away, it’s an inherent aspect of a species. You can say “fascists aren’t human”, or “pigs aren’t mammals” and they are equally false statements.
Exactly. We don’t punch Nazis because they’re not people. Cats aren’t people and we don’t punch them. We punch Nazis because they’re Nazis.
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I’m not following you at all here. Is your point that dehumanizing isn’t othering?
Honestly looking at it now I think I accidentally responded to the wrong comment.