# Dehumanizing language should not be allowed **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 13, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dehumanizing-language-should-not-be-allowed/985435 "2023-06-13T16:14:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 85
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dehumanizing-language-should-not-be-allowed/985435/85 "2023-06-13T23:41:37Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > We’ve pointed out specifically what we mean be dehumanizing(or perhaps, demonizing) when it comes _from_ the right. Perhaps you can point out specific examples when it is directed _at_ the right? Here are two examples. For the record, I’m 100% against a rule that would prohibit this kind of language in Politics & Elections. In the context of politics, civil discussion tolerates a bit of “dehumanizing language”. I’m all in favor of the existing rules which prohibit directing this kind of language to other participants of the conversation. > [@Donald Trump's 2016 General Election Campaign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6464): > > When your strategy hinges on you being the meanest dog in the neighborhood then, in the end, that’s what you are. > > A dog. > [@\*\* SDMB live coverage thread, 2nd POTUS debate, 10/09/2016 \*\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-thread-2nd-potus-debate-10-09-2016/767737/95): > > I watched part of the first debate. I tuned in at the beginning but it started getting so painful I switched channels for a while. Came back, same thing. > > I wonder how much of the debate tonight I’ll be able to take. I’d like to see the Donald make a fool of himself, but it kind of hurts. This is a guy who wants to be POTUS, and so far her’s acted like an ape(sorry, apes). And people, some of them, will still vote for him! ~Max --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dehumanizing-language-should-not-be-allowed/985435)._