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[peratic]

What makes someone a monster?

Specifically, what traits or acts would cause you to consider someone a monster? I'm not interested in speculative tragic background stories.

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[extirpations]

That's a hard question to answer. Most people would say killing another is a monstrous act but in reality, depending on the context, a killer can be a hero or a monster.

In the end the judgement of a monster will vary depending on the individual making that judgement call. How much value can you really place in such an arbitrary concept?

[meanwhileback]

Genocide? As an example. I think to earn the "monster" label you have to actually do something that totally negates your humanity outright.

[truthsearch]

A literal or figurative monster?

[didntlikeit]

Defining characteristics change depending on who answers, doesn't it? What's monstrous to some is heroic to others. History is written by the monsters who convince us they weren't the monsters in the end.

[echopraxia]

( very matter of fact, and prompt - as if she's had occasion to give this a lot of thought, and doesn't need to consider her answer. because that is the case, actually. )

Remorselessness.

[fireincarnate]

Nothing.

Everyone can be monstrous. That doesn't make us less human.