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".