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What does it mean to be "Treated like a human"?

A few days ago I was responding to comments on 196 and someone said to me that I should make my species identity more clear if I want to be treated as a human. What does that mean exactly? Maybe I'm way overthinking it, it just seems weird.

I mean for me all that really matters is that others treat me with dignity and respect. That doesn't seem like being "treated like a human" to me, that just seems like the natural way one should treat someone human or otherwise.

I apologize if I'm ignorant or if I'm just overthinking things. I'm genuinely asking out of curiosity and a desire to learn and understand better.

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[–] oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Humans, in general, tend to assume that they are the only ones worth being treated a certain way and disregard all species as worth less consideration than them (though some humans also consider other humans that way too, sadly).

We agree with @zivi@fedi.absturztau.be that "people" can be used to refer to any species and all people deserve respect, autonomy, care and consideration, even if a person has been conditioned to think of others as beneath them they should do their best to go against this conditioning.

Anything else is speciesism, whether the person is a cis member of their species or a trans member of their species.