It's not so much the words themselves, tho I dislike rudeness, but the dehumanisation is so often not just rhetoric. A dangerous attitude.
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I understand calling someone names in anger. Not ideal but heat of the moment, It's a cold, casual rejection of humanity that chills me.
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At the drop of a hat, someone can designate another human being 'racist piece of shit' or 'leftist scum' & wish them harm & even advocate it
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Would you really have a problem if I called these people racist pieces of shit? How are they worthy of more?https://twitter.com/fred_connection/status/831081893030412288 …
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No, Fred, of course not.
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Presumably you were talking about dialogue between more or less decent people with differing opinions. Fred's "fans" dehumanize themselves.
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I was talking about people with a tendency to just throw 'racist trash' 'Marxist scum' etc abt re: ppl with a different political position.
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He watches Ruben. He's a racist piece of shit. She voted Democrats. Marxist Scum. Casual dehumanisation of someone due to political side.
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That depends what that opinion is. People who advocate for my death r scum for me, even if its "just one opinion"
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Obviously.
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It's classic tribalism. One of the classic techniques of propaganda is name calling. Dogma is symptom of tribalism.
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People want to 'belong' to a tribe. Makes them feel warm and fuzzy.
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Yes, exactly.
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I generally agree but make an exception of Trump.
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I expressed disapproval of demands for public emoting. That got me branded as shit, racist, fascist etc
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