The most important difference, IMHO, is this release puts at risk a vulnerable minority. It's like the difference between 'discrimination' against white-skinned

The most important difference, IMHO, is this release puts at risk a vulnerable minority. It's like the difference between 'discrimination' against white-skinned Americans and against black or brown-skinned ones: The majority controls almost all the levers of power and institutions, from Washington to the state capital to courts to law enforcement to industry to medicine to everything else. They can and do create structures and make laws to protect themselves, and make a phone call to a buddy if those don't work. People in this group have the empathy and understanding of the rest of the majority, who see you as individuals (for example, they don't tend to write ignorant, thoughtless blanket stereotypes on HN - about their own group; or police don't pull you over when they see driving). If you're politically weak, you're powerless; you depend on the goodwill of the majority, which historically has often attacked you. Ultimately, there is no way to protect yourself - they can kill you and the institutions won't care, or put you in jail if they don't like you. And your only appeal is to more people in the majority; you're trapped. It's a precarious, dangerous position to be in.