Yeah, I fully admit I could have expressed myself better in my original comment, but some real jerk immediately tried to paint me as an apologist and doubled down on dehumanization as the thread went on. As a Jew, I do have a particular sensitivity for dehumanization rhetoric, and I do my part to resist it when I see it. Perhaps I really should have qualified my position earlier, perhaps I should have been more careful with my initial comments, but the way the thread shook out was really off-putting for me. I immediately got cast as a nazi sympathizer and forced to argue against a bunch of people who quite frankly exhibited the exact kind of dehumanization I was worried about. Pretty gross to interact with that directly.

Edit: thanks for sticking in there and hearing me out.