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Comment author: fubarobfusco 17 March 2014 06:40:45AM 3 points [-]

Why did dehumanization of the victims suddenly become acceptable?

Why did dehumanization of Bosniaks "suddenly" become acceptable to Bosnian Serbs after the breakup of Yugoslavia? Dehumanization seems to run on tribal, emotional levels — on sentiment, as Rorty puts it — and not on consequentialism.