[droopybuns]

I disagree with something you said:

>>To take a person and alias them into being "good" or "bad" based on an action or a series of actions is to explicitly dehumanize them

The only reliable method for evaluating someone’s values is to assess the choices they make. What values do their actions suggest? Do these choices affect your ability to trust these people?

I fundamentally disagree that it dehumanizes to do this, and I also fundamentally disagree that anyone intends to dehumanize them with this approach. I find it troubling that anyone expresses such a black and white assessment of people trying to determine where others should fit in the herd.

Put another way:

the only way to judge someone’s ethics is by evaluating their action and comparing it against their words.