Kraken CEO brands SF homeless 'wild animals' who he doesn't think of as people in this interview by . Perfect snapshot of the tech scene's lack of empathy & unwillingness to take accountability for making the city unlivable. breakermag.com/kraken-ceo-say
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No humans are 'wild animals,' and the implication that even real wild animals don't deserve to be treated with dignity isn't a great look, either.
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Some things walking around with human DNA, looking like people, have the IQs, habits, lifestyles, diseases, behaviors and social/legal accountability of wild animals. We should treat all animals with respect, even wild, even rabid, even human.
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That's a little better, but - and I'm genuinely sharing this for your benefit - you realize that denying people's humanity is one of the pillars of fascism, and directly led to the Holocaust? This is not a great look. remember.org/hist-root-what
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I’m not denying that anyone is human, but not all humans = people. A brain dead sack of living human flesh is not a person. When you stop holding someone accountable for their actions, you are saying they’re not a person. Still deserving of dignity but we need to stop enabling.
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C'mon man. You're really not trying here. Acknowledging someone's humanity means extending empathy to them. Calling a drug addict a "brain dead sack of human flesh" who "is not a person" is incompatible with saying they're "deserving of dignity."
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It doesn't seem you've thought this through, and if I were an investor in your company, I'd be concerned.
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I didn't say a drug addict was a "brain dead sack of human flesh", nor did I say drug addicts are not people. Reading comprehension on Twitter is not what I'd expected for a text-based platform.
You went out of your way to clarify that drug addicts were the focus of your statements, then compared people who 'walk around looking like people' to animals, then extended the metaphor to 'sacks of flesh.'
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You just don't like having someone spell out the implications of what you're saying.
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