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malthaussen

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13. I'll just note here that "othering" whole classes of people indiscriminately is a totalitarian tactic...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Apr 6, 2025, 02:31 PM

Apr 2025

... it implicitly says that there are no individuals, only blocs. Easy to do when the people are not familiar with the class as a whole and are ready to believe anything of them, but it's amazing how these bigots always make exceptions for members of the class they do know. They're "different," almost honorary people.

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