[font=Calibri, Corbel, sans-serif]that kind of thinking helps people make excuses for their beliefs and makes it more likely people will go "I can't share beliefs with Nazis since they are a special evil and no normal person would support them". Instead we must expose them as the intellectual and moral cowards they are and deplatform and fight them wherever we can.(shamelessly stolen from myself)[/font]
I'm going to have to object to dehumanizing anyone being allowable on the forum. Dehumanizing individuals has never gone anywhere good and, in addition to moral concerns, it is a terrible look for the forum.
I'm going to have to object to dehumanizing anyone being allowable on the forum. Dehumanizing individuals has never gone anywhere good and, in addition to moral concerns, it is a terrible look for the forum.
We are not going to allow the dehumanization of anyone, even our enemies. If they need to be fought in any way their dignity as humans must be maintained.
But they are. To say they're not human is to say they are animals, or monsters. To say that is to forgive what they do. Human beings have a choice, animals only have their instinct. To say that Nazis are not human is to deny that they have a choice. It is to deny that they are evil, and that they are evil of their own volition.