The original comment calls their culture primitive, which is a textbook case of dehumanisation.
There’s been a war between America and Iran for most of this year. For this one specifically, the reason to avoid rhetoric aimed at Iran’s culture is to protect yourself from the effects of ongoing war propaganda.
But in general, It’s dangerous to allow yourself to judge a group of people in ways that make them “others.” That’s what turns thoughts like “they’re a primitive culture” into “well, our bombs are doing the world a favour”.
Germans didn’t just wake up and gas people overnight, it was through conditioning that started with seemingly innocuous comments that ultimately led to war & genocide.
Yeah if calling out a group of people for acting like it’s the dark ages makes you want to gas them, maybe it’s a you problem? Being afraid to criticize this creates some problems of its own
The original comment calls their culture primitive, which is a textbook case of dehumanisation.
There’s been a war between America and Iran for most of this year. For this one specifically, the reason to avoid rhetoric aimed at Iran’s culture is to protect yourself from the effects of ongoing war propaganda.
But in general, It’s dangerous to allow yourself to judge a group of people in ways that make them “others.” That’s what turns thoughts like “they’re a primitive culture” into “well, our bombs are doing the world a favour”.
Germans didn’t just wake up and gas people overnight, it was through conditioning that started with seemingly innocuous comments that ultimately led to war & genocide.
Yeah if calling out a group of people for acting like it’s the dark ages makes you want to gas them, maybe it’s a you problem? Being afraid to criticize this creates some problems of its own