They wouldn't attack Q if it wasn't a threat.
That's not necessarily true. You see people on all sides make fun of stupid people on other sides. It serves to help undermine the credibility of everyone on the other side, even if the stupid one's are a small inconsequential minority.
Dehumanizing is what you're describing, it allows otherwise moral people to infringe, silence, hurt someone because they've been convinced that somehow they're not human.
attack
Pointing out the absolute leaps in logic required to believe the q thing isn't an "attack."
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