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minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down3·2 days agoLook up the paradox of intolerance. This is an instance of it.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 days agoYou can be intolerant without dehumanizing.
minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·1 day agoAre you suggesting that people who torture children aren’t subhuman scum?
minus-squareMDCCCLV@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoIt’s completely human behavior traditionally
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoThey are human. This kind of thinking is incredibly dangerous. “I’m a good person, and a good person wouldn’t do bad things, so nothing I do is bad” is exactly the kind of thinking that makes these IDF scumbags okay with murdering children
minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·1 day agoSo what you’re saying is that I’m falling victim to a No True Scotsman fallacy. I guess I’ll have to go away and think about that.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoThat is, unfortunately, all too human. To deny it is to fall into the same trap.
Ironic
Look up the paradox of intolerance. This is an instance of it.
You can be intolerant without dehumanizing.
Are you suggesting that people who torture children aren’t subhuman scum?
It’s completely human behavior traditionally
They are human. This kind of thinking is incredibly dangerous. “I’m a good person, and a good person wouldn’t do bad things, so nothing I do is bad” is exactly the kind of thinking that makes these IDF scumbags okay with murdering children
So what you’re saying is that I’m falling victim to a No True Scotsman fallacy.
I guess I’ll have to go away and think about that.
That is, unfortunately, all too human. To deny it is to fall into the same trap.