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[-] notfromhere@lemmy.one 29 points 10 months ago
[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 21 points 10 months ago
[-] interolivary@beehaw.org 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That's the thing though. They're not monsters, they're regular humans, just like eg. the Nazis were.

Which I think is honestly a lot worse. The "average person" is perfectly capable of committing unspeakable atrocities, as long as they can be convinced the targets are Others, not in their in-group.

We really fucking suck as a species

[-] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 10 months ago

Being regular humans doesn't stop them from being monsters. The only real monsters are people.

[-] interolivary@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah that's a valid viewpoint.

Personally I think calling someone a monster just makes them sound like they're not quite human, or that they're somehow "set apart" from regular humans. That's how you get the comments like "seems most people can't recognize a monster when they see one" somewhere in this chain

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 4 points 10 months ago

Most people who support shit like this aren't monsters, but the people who systematically target out-groups for political purposes are, and I reckon that includes most of the people who actually pass legislation.

The trick is to convince people to quit putting monsters into positions of power, but it seems most people can't recognize a monster when they see one.

[-] interolivary@beehaw.org 5 points 10 months ago

They're hard to recognize because they look like regular people, which is what they are. The problem with them isn't that the voters don't see them for the bigots they are; they vote for them because of the bigotry.

People seem to often severely underestimate how downright evil a huge chunk of the population is. There's no convincing them to not vote for bigots because they specifically want bigots.

[-] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 12 points 10 months ago
[-] Callie@pawb.social 14 points 10 months ago

Seriously just French these fuckers already, they don’t serve the people and are getting too comfortable

[-] Devi@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago

I'm not sure I understand the abortion bit. Are they saying abortions can't be restricted in trans men because the wording refers to women?

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