On Fri, 2014-03-07 at 23:57 +0100, drago01 wrote:
On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 11:33 PM, Adam Williamson
<awilliam(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-03-07 at 22:52 +0100, drago01 wrote:
>
>> > There is at least one starkly obvious difference there, which is that
>> > you choose your religious beliefs and affiliations; you do not choose
>> > your race/color/general genetic origin.
>>
>> Well people can choose to not be offended by random images / texts / whatever.
>> There is is the option of "just ignore".
>
> That is not a true choice. "Ignoring" the effect of marginalization that
> such offensive texts ignore is, effectively, opting into it.
>
> I'm gay. I can "choose to ignore it" when people yell
'faggot!' at me,
Well there is a difference between a direct attack on you and "a
random image somewhere".
There's a difference in immediacy and degree, but not in kind. It all
ultimately contributes to the same effect.
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