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So Stephen Colbert is going to be hosting The Late Show
mustang6172:
So we can only dehumanize the dominant groups?
Valdís:
:roll:
Not only did I not say anything of the damn sort, but no, because that's not even a thing. Because power dynamics. Nor are "Cisphobia/Reverse racism/Misandry" real things that could possibly be equivalent. If a trans person says they're cisphobic, for instance, then that's in all likelihood a rational fear borne out of self-preservation against constant attacks, not dehumanizing hatred of a disempowered social class. But usually they're just things that said dominant class throws out there to shield themselves from criticism (For instance Piers Morgan's whining about how a trans woman saying "Don't say I used to be a man" was 'cisphobic' against him).
mustang6172:
Power dynamics? Really?
So when Jonathan Swift suggests population control can be achieved through English cannibalism of Irish children, it can't be satire because the English started off in a position of power?
Valdís:
First off, Swift was an Irish patriot and such choices are not accidental, so.. eh? Not even remotely the same thing. What you are saying is that such works ~dehumanize~ the English because it paints them as baby-eating exploiters of Ireland, not the other way around.
Secondly, you claimed I was proposing dehumanization of any kind, but furthermore I disagree with the premise that a marginalized group can dehumanize the dominant group. It is not within their power to marginalize the dominant at their say-so, or else, well.. words mean things. :-P
GarandMarine:
--- Quote from: Valdís on 10 Apr 2014, 22:10 ---First off, Swift was an Irish patriot and such choices are not accidental, so.. eh? Not even remotely the same thing. What you are saying is that such works ~dehumanize~ the English because it paints them as baby-eating exploiters of Ireland, not the other way around.
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Well if the jack boot fits...
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