The underlying sentiment is "the dignity of persons should be something that is sacrosanct and outside the realm of normal political debate," and while that may be a naïve idea in practice, it's goodhearted enough that I wouldn't fault someone for holding it.

Nobody was selling a "NORMATIVE STATEMENTS ARE NOT DESCRIPTIVE STATEMENTS" bumper sticker for them to put up next to it.

The purpose of their killing is to show off how badass it is that they can kill

If you live under one of these regimes you should not count the people who carry out these crimes as morally distinct in any sense from Jeffery Dahmer or John Wayne Gacy

Putin is slaughtering Ukrainians to prove to his supporters that he can slaughter Ukrainians

Bibi is slaughtering Palestinians to prove to his supporters that he can slaughter Palestinians

Trump is slaughtering random fishermen to prove to his supporters that they can slaughter Hispanics

Person who's only heard of the Orange Revolution and the Velvet Revolution: "Getting a lot of 'color' vibes from these revolutions."