Why it's so offensive when we call people animals
- Written by Nick Haslam, Professor of Psychology, University of Melbourne
People draw animal comparisons using countless expressions.Comparing humans to animals is vexed but irresistible. We are animals, but animals who like to believe we are not merely animals. When we do liken people to other creatures – when sports fans use racial slurs or Donald Trump calls Syrian President Bashar al-Assad an...
