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[–] theshoeshiner@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

On top of that, I don't think most people realize how that level of dehumanization affects the conversation as a whole. We are not replying to people, we are replying to walls of text, abstract concepts, hypotheses, and we treat one another as such. It's why anonymous internet discussions so quickly devolve.