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originally posted by: dug88
a reply to: DBCowboy
Dehumanization of people seems to be a big thing these days. I've noticed people immediately leap to dehumanize groups of people they disagree with or who share different ideals. It's kinda scary. You've got exceedingly liberal people dehumanizing men or conservative viewed people. You've got conservative people dehumanizing liberals. A group of angry men who dehumanize women, groups of angry women who dehumanize men, a large number of people all over the world who dehumanize people of different religions and cultures to themselves. Scientists, corporations and politicians that dehumanize the entire human race. Everyone seems to really want to create an enemy for themselves and the easiest way to do that is to make your enemy seem inhuman.
As much as I really enjoy the internet and think it's fairly amazing, I feel like it has a large part to do with it though. Everyone has access to some of the most terrible things around and they can immerse themselves with people who share their views and feed off eachother. Even ATS is like this. It used to be conspiracy theorists and weirdos feeding off eachother now it's uhhh...I dunno a bunch of kids pretending to understand politics...or if they're not kids they sure #ing act like it sometimes. Either way, everyone can sit there and validate eachother, tune out the world and pretend everyone else is wrong and turn them into some kind of enemy.
I dunno everyone needs to kinda take a step back and remember....90% of the people you see or pass by or that are around in the world are just normal people trying to live their life. The media makes it seem like everyone's crazy and ridiculous but it's kinda blown way out of proportion. Most people are pretty alright.
originally posted by: Thecakeisalie
a reply to: RowanBean
I hate the Grammar Nazis more.
That g in grammar should not be capitalized-off you go to the gas chamber.
It's high time the government step in and properly regulate the lamestream media, hand out prison sentences to CEO's
originally posted by: strongfp
a reply to: DBCowboy
Nazi's were a political party that took far right ideology so far that society needed to literally add another wing to the spectrum, fascism.
Which can manifest from anything to be honest. In the case with the Nazi's it was purely based off the fact that Germany was pushed to it's limits so much they were backed into a corner and had no option but to lash out, Hitler believe it or not was a very passionate, well spoken, and amazing leader, just for the all the wrong reasons.
I don't think it will get that bad ever again.
Thing is tho, we have a new battle ground, and it's called the internet, ideologies collide, but where will it lead us? So far it's only divided us, or brought like minded people together, for good or bad, depending what you believe.
originally posted by: Jake56
a reply to: DBCowboy
I read the book Masqueradewritten by Tivadar Schwartz Soro's. It go's into great detail as how the 1920s-1940s Nazi party divided and conquered all of their opposition; both domestic and foreign by turning citizens against citizens while the Nazis just watched, stayed in the background and pressed the buttons. That way they kept there hands clean.
originally posted by: Jake56
a reply to: DBCowboy
Its the exact plan as being used today by the Democratic National Party.
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: Greven
Do you understand the 3/5ths compromise and what it was for and why it is there? Most people don't, only what they get fed.
Dehumanization of people seems to be a big thing these days.