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kleinbl00  ·  3936 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Humanizing Hubski

You should work on that. For the good of everyone.

"Removal of control" as "dehumanization" because conscience is about choice. When we punish someone, we remove the choices available to them. See: prison, grounding teenagers, revocation of phone privileges, making children stand in the corner. Conversely, as children develop and become more conscious of their actions, we increase their responsibility. We give them greater autonomy, greater choice.

When a person is not given control over something they feel entitled to control, they resent it as condescending, as controlling, as infantilizing. When a person has control taken away from them, they internalize it against a slight against their conscience and autonomy.

Gun control in the United States is not controversial because millions of Tea Partiers wish to overthrow the government by force. Gun Control in the United States is controversial because millions of Tea Partiers feel that they should be entrusted with the decision to not rise up against Obama the Secret Muslim. None of them will. But as soon as you revoke their option they begin to suspect that you're moving against them.

Makes sense?