# Why is calling Trump Supporters MAGAts allowed? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 31, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-calling-trump-supporters-magats-allowed/1005060 "2024-07-31T14:23:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 227
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-calling-trump-supporters-magats-allowed/1005060/227 "2024-08-26T17:09:20Z")
That’s not the point. I’ll quote myself from another thread: > [@Dehumanizing language should not be allowed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dehumanizing-language-should-not-be-allowed/985435/141): > > This is worth expanding on. The term doesn’t literally mean “making somebody not a human.” Most people, even most bigots, would - in a theoretical vacuum - agree with the notion of natural rights: that “being a human” is enough to qualify you for certain rights and dignities. Dehumanization is the process of eroding that implicit belief. It happens around the edges, and it’s done by degrees. The citizens of Weimar didn’t live and work and laugh in the shadow of Buchenwald because they though… Good people should avoid dehumanizing language because we know **exactly what it leads to.** It’s an evil tool, and the fact that MAGA folks are objectively awful isn’t a good enough reason to normalize tactics that exist to lay the groundwork for genocides. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-calling-trump-supporters-magats-allowed/1005060)._