Post #3699632
2026-07-09 15:12 UTC
That doesn't mean accepting unacceptable behavior. It's necessary to have good boundaries. Consequences are important.
Once we deny someone's humanity, we fling open the door to torture, internment, genocide. The one who denies the humanity of others debases and demeans themselves.
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@dalias@hachyderm.io 2026-07-09 17:17
@springdiesel@spore.social I believe the reason we don't do those things to them is not that the nazis have some humanity or right to be free of it. They surrendered all rights by being nazis. The reason we don't do it is that it conditions us to accept the feeling of doing those things to something that looks like a human. This is why I'm also against the practice of using "slurs" about chatbots. It's not that they're something human-like that makes it wrong. It's that it gives our brains the "kick" of using slurs, and reinforces whatever part of us might want to do that to humans.