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 However, there are things that can't be changed. It doesn't matter how much you work out or how muscular you are, if you were 5'0" before, you'll be 5'0" after. Same goes for ugly faces. Also, some people are nuerodivergent, which causes them trouble. Autistic people, for instance, have a lot of trouble interacting with others. Some people have social anxiety, which means that, despite possibly being a very good person, they would struggle with the initial stages of flirting.
-When this fails, the next strategy is dehumanization. By mocking, trolling, or in general looking down upon a person, it's possible to subconsciously assign him the status of "less than human", and therefore reduce empathy for him. There are two reasons that a person might do this. Firstly, to reduce how uncomfortable the existence of this person makes them, and what damage it does to their personal philosophy. Secondly, to enable more cruel acts.
+When this fails, the next strategy is dehumanization. By mocking, trolling, or in general looking down upon a person, it's possible to subconsciously assign him the status of "less than human", and therefore reduce empathy for him.
-It seems to me that there is an ethical contradiction in the people that do this. A person that has decided to protect a woman's right to choose a mate must care deeply about personal freedom. Freedom, as a concept, is predicated on the idea that humans have intrinsic worth apart from society. However, bullying a person is itself contradictory to the idea of intrinsic worth.