Comment by zahlman
5 days ago
> Denying existence or identity
These are different things (which was most of the point),
> will fall under that curtain either way
... but I fail to see how in either case.
> Both dehumanize
I don't see this, either.
Again, the actual act we refer to is:
> refusing to see other people as they see themselves, in one specific aspect
Is there any other aspect of how people see themselves which would lead you to the same conclusion? For example, if I consider myself physically attractive, and others disagree, are they hating me?
>but I fail to see how in either case.
You're free to argue with thr reddit admins on how. It's not my call.
But as a hint, it's pretty easy to deny existence when you dehumanize someone. If you can't see that, you may need to read more history.
> But as a hint, it's pretty easy to deny existence when you dehumanize someone.
This has the logic backwards, and is also playing semantic games with the meaning of "deny existence". We're talking about a claim that someone already does not exist (which is why people think it's absurd: they're often actively having a conversation with the person they're falsely accused of believing not to exist), not the act of causing someone to cease to exist (an imprecise, colloquial way of referring to murder).