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Connections: The impact of language on dehumanization

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President Trump referred to members of an international criminal gang as "animals." That sparked a debate about whether it's appropriate to use language that dehumanizes; the president has previously referred to Mexican immigrants as "rapists," while conceding that some might begoodpeople. Our guests discuss whether it's okay to draw lines, or if such language is a slippery slope to further dehumanization and stigmatization. In studio: Kit Miller , director of the Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence Paul Ciminelli , attorney with Ciminelli & Ciminelli

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