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When being human is no longer considered the most important criterion for moral consideration, dehumanization will cease to hold power as a pretext for cruelty or discrimination, and mistreatment of animals or other people will be much harder to justify in either the courts of law or public opinion.
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Analysis | In reference to ‘animals,’ Trump evokes an ugly history of dehumanization"These aren’t people. These are animals," Trump said during an immigration roundtable.