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I refuse to dehumanize those who dehumanize, for once I do, I am no different from them.
Background photo by Adi Goldstein

I refuse to dehumanize those who dehumanize, for once I do, I am no different from them.

That doesn't mean I don't insist on holding them to full accountability for their harmful impacts. I just refuse to dehumanize them while doing so.

For thus begins the slippery slope to atrocities executed in the name of freedom from dehumanization and atrocities.

A tale as old as (human) time.

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