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A Cycle of Otherness
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A Cycle of Otherness

Who is at what step?

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Edward Scott Pearlman
Apr 20, 2023
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1. You are strange, different, we don’t understand you, you are dangerous, we have to destroy you.

2. You are strange and different and might be dangerous; just stay away from us or we’ll destroy you.

3. You are strange but fairly harmless. We can get along as long as we keep to our own places. Don’t come here and poison our ways.

4. You are different but …

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