tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342220819301909377.post7394129707610183656..comments2023-10-22T06:54:40.529-04:00Comments on Identity Check: DehumanificationAnokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05675278947623136467noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342220819301909377.post-26525989264759227012008-12-05T10:03:00.000-05:002008-12-05T10:03:00.000-05:00Kyt - yes, exactly!!it's very easy to poo-poo the ...Kyt - yes, exactly!!<BR/><BR/>it's very easy to poo-poo the lowly employee or toiler, but imagine how hard their life would be without all of the lowly laborers and toilers?<BR/><BR/>Which, by the way. is why unionization and threats of strikes are so gosh darn threatening to corporations.<BR/><BR/>Shirley, so many people have Anarchist tendencies that it's unreal. That's why I think it's a natural social progression to work towards Anarchism.Anokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05675278947623136467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342220819301909377.post-21640730788559573182008-12-01T08:42:00.000-05:002008-12-01T08:42:00.000-05:00More and more I keep thinking I must be an underco...More and more I keep thinking I must be an undercover anarchist. My views aren't much different than yours. What happened at Wal-Mart I don't blame on people. I blame the commercialism of our society. Why do we need so many toys and gadgets? Is it really necessary? Does having so much stuff prove anything?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342220819301909377.post-17376250113160624242008-12-01T01:55:00.000-05:002008-12-01T01:55:00.000-05:00Wow. I'm having trouble responding. I think thou'v...Wow. I'm having trouble responding. I think thou've covered most of everything that I'd have to say on the subject. <BR/><BR/>Just recently on Mill Ave, I tried to explain how some of modern social anthropology -- especially studying Mill -- is that I see how civilization both gives avenues for people to cooperate but it always does a lot of separating people. Tribes all over again.<BR/><BR/>Compartmentalizing people from each other makes groups less likely to realize how interdependent an entire city is; and too quickly they fall into roles of us vs. them as if eliminating the other group will make life better. When really if they got rid of that other group they might suddenly not have things...like food.<BR/><BR/>And, of course, it relies on this whole thought that "these people" who are vitally our peers, should we sit down with any of them we'd discover that "those people" are <I>people.</I><BR/><BR/>I came to this thinking about WW II propaganda that depicted the Germans as huge ape-men, tearing the dresses off women -- but I guess that caste propaganda is far, far more subtle.Kyt Dotsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984694424275454635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342220819301909377.post-50827800712964132322008-11-30T20:31:00.000-05:002008-11-30T20:31:00.000-05:00Straightalk, Jesse, thanks - and no I don't mind!M...Straightalk, Jesse, thanks - and no I don't mind!<BR/><BR/>Mom (heh, that never gets old :D) - It is an unfortunate truth that has been manifesting for decades - every year getting worse and worse. Groups, possessions, if we can give our ego a boost by putting others down - we just do it. Although it is human nature to put yourself, or your immediate family first, we've taken it to the extreme of "getting ours" over the actual welfare of other humans who don't pose us any harm.<BR/><BR/>And all because we don't view them as humans. We see demographics, not faces. We see stereotypes, not individuals with feelings and needs. <BR/><BR/>It's sad :(<BR/><BR/>Jazz - Oh snap! No you didn't! :D The only difference is that I <I>know</I> it's a made up word LOL. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comments everyone, keep 'em coming!Anokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05675278947623136467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342220819301909377.post-83762768677595940622008-11-30T14:59:00.000-05:002008-11-30T14:59:00.000-05:00the word dehumanification reminds me of something ...the word <B>dehumanification</B> reminds me of something george bush would malapropose (that's my own little made up term).<BR/>that's about the closest i can get to a criticism here, as you said everything that needed saying on this subject.<BR/>loj...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342220819301909377.post-64090057887467649772008-11-30T14:30:00.000-05:002008-11-30T14:30:00.000-05:00Anok,Thanks for writing on this. It is so importa...Anok,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for writing on this. It is so important. I am not an anarchist; I am just me. But from my perspective, events like this are horrific, wherever they happen. <BR/><BR/>I agree with you that in America there is an overwhelming tendency to judge the value of individuals based upon the groups to which they belong. <BR/><BR/>You have hit upon an unsavory truth here... a very ugly one.<BR/>-MMMidwest Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10095161837187839812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342220819301909377.post-13745534325997160652008-11-30T12:22:00.000-05:002008-11-30T12:22:00.000-05:00Well written, I am linking you hope you dont mind!...Well written, I am linking you hope you dont mind!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342220819301909377.post-88704321603712271262008-11-30T11:05:00.000-05:002008-11-30T11:05:00.000-05:00Nice article and very well said ! before taking de...Nice article and very well said ! before taking desicions or making comments as to THOSE PEOPLE We shall always remeber that We are not going to be the one making the same!<BR/><BR/>STRAIGHTALK<BR/>Norman FlechaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com