When people fall in conflict with each other whole groups of people have been described as "pests" --this language is so alarming since the way that we respond to pest animals and living things is often extreme and alarming.
It's the worst kind of dehumanization to call a people "vermin" or "roaches."
Because it opens the door to genocide. The history is deeply disturbing.
Our attempts to eliminate actual pests have been less successful. Is it a broken way of thinking?
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