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> Comparing age with racial discrimination can only be done from privilege. What leads you to this conclusion?

• pantulis 6y ago
  While I agree with you that age discrimination exist at least in mild form, direct comparison with racial discrimination is excessive. In the extreme case, you won’t get shot by a cop for being old while arguably being black increases that probability. But it’s not only race discrimination at play, there are other possible discriminations also more powerful than age, like gender, income or class. So you put more weight to a discrimination that affects you the most because you probably don’t belong to other categories, hence the guess that you are a white male. I am probably over reacting given the HN demographic and also because you did not do it in bad faith but just wanted to point it out.
  • MrGilbert 6y ago
    > ... but just wanted to point it out. Exactly this. While I get your sentiment, and your assumption is correct, I'd agree to disagree that "one discrimination is worse then another", because (for me) it always boils down to how each individual experiences the discrimination. One simply cannot state that "your discrimination is not as important as mine".
    • pantulis 6y ago
      I'd also agree to disagree as I think we are now clearly in subjectivism vs objectivism territory.