“Otherization” 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Pamela Paresky, explores the language of dehumanization and how it fosters an “us vs. them” mentality. A snippet:
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President Trump uses similar dehumanizing language. New York Times Correspondent Maggie Haberman noted that Trump’s terminology of “infestation” makes immigrants into insects. Using metaphors such as insects, vermin, parasites, garbage, and such elicits the feelings of disgust one has for those things and connects that emotion of disgust with the person or group of people described.