minus-squareDojan@lemmy.worldtoGreentext@sh.itjust.works•Anon gets calls from scammerslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThe problem with using dehumanising language like this is that it means that someone’s humanity, in your eyes, is contingent on your approval. It says more about you as a person than it does about the people you criticise. linkfedilink
minus-squareDojan@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•LPT: Never get a tattoo in a language that you don't understandlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years ago This is my favourite. 痔 means haemorrhoid. Presumably it was meant to say 侍, samurai. linkfedilink
The problem with using dehumanising language like this is that it means that someone’s humanity, in your eyes, is contingent on your approval.
It says more about you as a person than it does about the people you criticise.