When Somebody Does Something Horrible Why Do People Refer To Them As “An Animal”?

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Animals are good and innocent. Even when they are violent there usually is an explanation. When people are sadistic and take joy in harming others that is evil which is definitely human. I wouldn’t elevate them by referring to them as animals.

 

[zipper_666]

I've never really thought much about it, but yeah man ....I agree. That makes a lot of sense.

 

[Will E Worm]

Would sub-human be better?

Animals are good and innocent. Even when they are violent there usually is an explanation. When people are sadistic and take joy in harming others that is evil which is definitely human. I wouldn’t elevate them by referring to them as animals.

Not all animals are good or innocent. Some are rouges and kill for fun.

 

[sean miguel]

Would sub-human be better?




Not all animals are good or innocent. Some are rouges and kill for fun.

That's true.

Dolphin bachelor males for instance form rape gangs, and go on killing sprees of porpoises because they're assholes and not getting any.

But yeah, whatever savagery occurs in the animal kingdom pales in comparison to what humans are capable of and have done. That is true evil.

 

[Chopper3000]

I'm sure a dog that loves to lick its own arse after taking a shit would be overwhelmed by this thread.

 

[sean miguel]

Dolphin bachelor male.

the redundancy. I should've said dolphin incels - the neckbeards and edge lords of the sea.

 

[cornytone]

I think it has lot to do with Socratic notions I believed The Greeks delinated a line between man and nature. Man being structured and Civilizing while nature is untamed, unruly, brutish and in need of dominion The fact you can call something an animal elevate yourself from your opposition. It puts you at advantage because people share this bias towards man and civilization being distinct from nature.

 

[cornytone]

When nortorus figures are called animals, it a shorthand of calling for justice or vengence. Like this mf is a animal. And an animal you put down. It a mob mentality of maintain social norms. Whether its mass mudering tyrant, a mass shooter, or pedo. Calling them an animals is judgment and thumbs up for execution.