Yeah, that's a pretty unconvincing excuse he gave.
Although i think in this case its a bit of a tautology - the fundamental feature of beurocracy is its dehuman-ness. Any descriptor of that is going to be dehumanizing because fundamentally that's what its describing.
Aren't they the ones dehumanizing people in the first place by choosing to follow rules instead of listening to fellow human beings?
Re:On Blankfaces
by amadeuspagel on Monday August 02, 2021 @07:48PM
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This - the idea that it's OK to dehumanize people as long as they themselves dehumanize others (by not listening to them?) - also sounds like an excuse that would work for almost any kind of dehumanization.
On the other hand, dehumanizing people because they refuse to follow the rules is also an excuse that would work for almost any kind of dehumanization.
Re:On Blankfaces
by amadeuspagel on Monday August 02, 2021 @08:05PM
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No one said that it's OK to dehumanize people because they refuse to follow the rules.
Yet that's often how the people described as "blankfaces" act.
Re:On Blankfaces
by yeetawayhn on Monday August 02, 2021 @09:53PM
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This is just a rephrasing of "it's not okay to be intolerant to the intolerant"
Indeed.
> The reason I disagree is that a blankface is someone who freely chose to dehumanize themselves
This sounds like an excuse that would work for almost any kind of dehumanization.