"Your side is human only by genetics."
— AlpacaLynn
, Fundies Say the Darndest Things
, Fundies Say the Darndest ThingsGranny Weatherwax: Sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That's what sin is.
Mightily Oats: It's a lot more complicated than that—
Granny Weatherwax: No. It ain't. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they're getting worried that they won't like the truth. People as things, that's where it starts.
Mightily Oats: Oh, I'm sure there are worse crimes—
Granny Weatherwax: But they start with thinking about people as things.
Mightily Oats: It's a lot more complicated than that—
Granny Weatherwax: No. It ain't. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they're getting worried that they won't like the truth. People as things, that's where it starts.
Mightily Oats: Oh, I'm sure there are worse crimes—
Granny Weatherwax: But they start with thinking about people as things.
Violence against your fellow man takes much less of a toll on the psyche when you make them look like monsters first.
— Flavour Text of the Dehumanize magic, Dawn of the Dragons
"So come on, one and all and see the apathy
The reems of grey stencil that fills the tapestry
I look to all of you and see a different fucking species
Aspiration for a different destination to me"
The reems of grey stencil that fills the tapestry
I look to all of you and see a different fucking species
Aspiration for a different destination to me"
— Lovejoy, "The Fall"
"You're just meat. Without a soul, without a brain, without anything. Animal. You, you have no spirit everlasting! No, no radiant light! I possess elucidations you will never know!"
— Jeremiah Sand to Red Miller, Mandy (2018)
Leo Bloom: Actors are not animals! They're human beings!
Max Bialystock: They are? Have you ever eaten with one?
Max Bialystock: They are? Have you ever eaten with one?
"When you spend every day fighting a war, you learn to demonize your attackers. To you, they're evil, they're sub-human. Because if they weren't, then what would that make you?"
— Vanessa Kimball, Red vs. Blue
Kureha: So, you were saying those were Jioral soldiers trying to pillage and enslave the elves and demi-humans?
Vega: For the third time, yes.
Kureha: I apologize. I didn’t know you were speaking the truth until I heard it from Lady Kari. But it doesn’t make sense. The Knights of Jioral are sworn to protect the people of the kingdom.
Hachi: Quite a few of them don’t think of everyone as "people."
Vega: For the third time, yes.
Kureha: I apologize. I didn’t know you were speaking the truth until I heard it from Lady Kari. But it doesn’t make sense. The Knights of Jioral are sworn to protect the people of the kingdom.
Hachi: Quite a few of them don’t think of everyone as "people."
Hector Snipe: Critics make mistakes, Lionheart. We're only human.
Edward Lionheart: An opinion I find myself incapable of sharing.
Edward Lionheart: An opinion I find myself incapable of sharing.
