I hate how quick people are to dehumanize
I’m a left leaning socially progressive guy, I hate all forms of racism, antisemitism, homophobia, transphobia, and pedophilia along with all the other bad stuff.
What I also hate (granted I hate it less than all the things mentioned above but still) is how people say “pedophiles don’t deserve human rights” or “Trump isn’t even a person to me” or things like this.
Every Nazi was a human being, every pedophile is a human being, every bad thing ever done by a person was done by a person. Human rights are unalienable, you cannot lose them no matter what you do, you can’t undo someone’s human rights no matter how deplorable they are.
To act like bad people not only puts more people in danger but also makes people more like to turn to fascist tendencies. The idea that people can be bad enough to warrant their rights being revoked is deeply rooted in bigotry. I hate hate hate when people do this.
Please view everyone as human, you don’t have to like them or respect them but view them as a human.
Edit: Some people seem to believe I’m saying to forgive bad people/ defend them. I am not, I am not saying pedophiles or racists are good or deserve mercy. I’m simply saying they are people, being a person does not make you deserve forgiveness but it makes you entitled to certain rights and privileges. That’s the point of unalienable rights, you cannot lose them.