• @aeronmelonM
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    4211 days ago

    My personal go-to is, “They’re a human being, just like you.”

    • Flying Squid
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      1111 days ago

      Sadly, they often disagree. The whole basis of bigotry is the idea that I’m human and you’re less than.

      • @Zorque
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        2111 days ago

        Being human doesn’t make you good. Plenty of humans are monsters. They’re not some eldritch evil that simply started existing hating, they chose this.

        That makes them worse, of course… but still very very human.

        • @[email protected]
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          411 days ago

          Yeah, humans are fucking awful, by and large. Just look at the entirety of human history.

      • Dragon Rider (drag)
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        -111 days ago

        In drag’s experience, calling someone a human is a tremendously vicious insult if you have cool enough friends.