成人直播鈥檚 David Livingstone Smith quoted in article in 鈥楧ailyKos,鈥 鈥楬uffington Post鈥

David Livingstone Smith
David Livingstone Smith

David Livingstone Smith, Ph.D., professor of philosophy, was quoted in an article that was published on the liberal American political internet forum DailyKos.com on September 10 and was then republished by the HuffingtonPost.com the following day. The article is titled 鈥淲hile Obama Humanizes Undocumented Immigrants and Calls them Americans, Trump Calls them 鈥榁omit.鈥欌

The piece opens with a quote from Smith鈥檚 book Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others: 鈥淭hinking sets the agenda for action, and thinking of humans as less than human paves the way for atrocity.鈥

The article goes on to describe the inclusive and compassionate manner in which Obama spoke of undocumented immigrants. As the article鈥檚 title suggests, it then goes on to contrast Obama鈥檚 espoused views to those of President Trump, who has characterized undocumented immigrants from Mexico as killers, rapists, murderers, drug lords and even vomit.

In making the argument that Trump鈥檚 views are dangerous, the article again relies on Smith鈥檚 words, stating that when people view others as subhuman creatures, it allows the dehumanizers to 鈥渓iberate aggression and exclude the target of aggression from the moral community.鈥

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