Perhaps my strongest held belief is that you shouldn't dehumanize even the most despicable people, that doing so means you've lost the battle already because by deeming them not human you trick yourself into believing you can never commit actions like them. And that's dangerous.

It reminds me so much of what the GOP did with gay marriage 20+ years ago—and how the media-consultant complex responded at the time.

There are so many replies with variations of "but if the Pope asked you to inconvenience yourself to help others, would you?" and the answers are basically all a resounding no.