This dehumanization kills people
He’s right you know.
It is, literally (all too literally), the kind of language that aspiring or existing fascist strongmen use to incite violence against The Chosen Enemy. It’s not just rude or over the top or “extreme,” it’s intended to provoke hatred then rage then violence.
“Pedo grifters.” That’s getting into blood libel territory.
It’s not “getting into blood libel territory.” It started out there. This is QAnonsense. The Republican Party has now mainstreamed QAnon madness by characterizing any and all forms of vaguely sex-related education in schools — no matter how utterly anodyne and perfectly age-appropriate, such as the book Heather Has Two Mommies — as “grooming.” And QAnon’s primary agenda was always just the latest iteration of blood libel. This is just one of the many articles I’ve read very clearly and plausibly laying out the historical sociodynamic at work: https://newrepublic.com/article/159529/qanon-blood-libel-satanic-panic
Fair point.
Also horrifying.