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0 pointssnackbugs7y ago0 comments

It does indeed imply just that. You're abstracting the impulse to eliminate other groups away from that fact that it comes from a perspective of supremacy: the idea that your type of human is more deserving of existing than a foreign human.

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umanwizard7y ago

Yes, but thinking you deserve to exist more than someone else has nothing to do with whether you think they're human.

My girlfriend's dog is very sweet and loyal. I think it deserves to exist more than a (human) child molester does. This doesn't mean I think dogs are human.

snackbugsOP7y ago

You're defining dehumanization biologically, when in usage the term is overloaded with another definition that refers to depriving others of dignity, individuality, and other positive human qualities.

To say that another doesn't deserve to be recognized with those positive human qualities is at the root of saying that they don't deserve to exist.

umanwizard7y ago

If you're defining it like that then it's just as vague and subjective as "hate speech" is, so we haven't made any progress with this definition.

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umanwizard7y ago

Yes, but thinking you deserve to exist more than someone else has nothing to do with whether you think they're human.

My girlfriend's dog is very sweet and loyal. I think it deserves to exist more than a (human) child molester does. This doesn't mean I think dogs are human.

snackbugsOP7y ago

To say that another doesn't deserve to be recognized with those positive human qualities is at the root of saying that they don't deserve to exist.

umanwizard7y ago

If you're defining it like that then it's just as vague and subjective as "hate speech" is, so we haven't made any progress with this definition.

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