Reminds me of this quote from an essay by Roderic Day - “When we proudly assert that we are for the individual over the collective, we’re essentially saying that some people count as people, and some don’t. At the heart of liberalism lies dehumanization; we should not forget that slave ownership was one of the original “individual rights” that was so fiercely fought for by American revolutionaries.” https://redsails.org/masses-elites-and-rebels/

  • i_must_destroy@lemmygrad.ml
    34·
    2 years ago

    Damn. My daughter is literally the best thing to ever happen to me. But I definitely have no judgement at the decision to not have children.

    Gotta admit people who always talk about how much they hate kids are pretty lame to me though.

    • panic@lemmygrad.ml
      28·
      2 years ago

      It’s unacceptable to “hate children”. Not wanting to be a parent doesn’t excuse dehumanizing some of the most vulnerable people in our society.

      It’s wild that they can’t recognize how harmful this view is.

      • SpaceCowboy@lemmygrad.mlOP
        26·
        2 years ago

        Another really great point. “I hate kids” (literally some of the most pure of heart, funny, and goofy people) always kind of exudes a total selfishness. It’s like “I hate people who aren’t useful to me”. And I understand that loud, misbehaved kids can be annoying but a blanket statement like that is definitely harmful.

        • panic@lemmygrad.ml
          16·
          2 years ago

          We’re supposed to act that thinking “X group of people are annoying and I hate them” doesn’t impact our way of relating to them because they’re young. Or old. Very sad to see.