moral totalitarianism

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rmjwell writes:

My working definition of moral totalinarianism is that through co-option of a moral position a person can demonize or de-humanize another demographic [...]

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I like the idea of objecting to de-humanizing behavior rather than to the label some people who engage in such behavior use. E.g., I prefer "Down with people who use Christianity as an excuse to restrict other people's rights" rather than "Down with Christians," and so on.