Demonize

When you demonize the indigenous people of some land, people from other countries would not question the occupation of their land or even their extermination. Brand them as "savage" or "terrorists", and nobody would question the confiscation of their land.

A racist society tends to demonize other societies.

A sociopath would idealize you one minute and demonize you the next minute.

New York Times op ed writers constantly demonize trans people, leading to real-world violence, then cry crocodile tears about writers being "demonized" when they're called out for it.

Gabriel used trolls to demonize Melissa's company.

Rather than focusing on denouncing the barbaric atrocities committed by some "civilized nations" in the Middle East, certain individuals opt to attack and demonize those who dare to speak out against such crimes.

President Trump has seized on the response in the streets to police brutality against Black men and women to bolster his re-election campaign, employing provocative and sometimes incendiary language and images to incite his followers, demonize his opponents or both.

He calls for a “massive, urgent recruitment effort,” which is a fine idea, but one that’s likely to be futile unless we stop demonizing teachers and start paying them fairly.

It brags “we can replace them”—and gaslights and demonizes those who notice and object to being replaced.

Many people disagree with several things society has normalized, some of which are even demonized. Frustratingly, attaching a stigma to perfectly reasonable things makes people feel attacked when they publicly do them. Here are 18 things that society has unfairly demonized that should be considered normal.