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Easy: Look at atheists running for office and their chances of being elected. Also, your definition of discrimination is oddly specific.

• coldtea 4y ago
  >Easy: Look at atheists running for office and their chances of being elected. That's just democracy. People get to vote for people whose politics and beliefs they like.
  • bborud 4y ago
    No, it isn't "just democracy". Whether atheists should even be allowed to hold public office is a question that turns up regularly in public discourse. Now substitute "atheist" with "people of color", "jewish", "muslim", "gay" or "left handed" and see if you still think it is okay.
    • coldtea 4y ago
      It's still just democracy if the majority wishes so. Democracy (in the actual, direct demoracy sense) is not about ensuring inclusivity in public position offices and representation, it's about each person having one vote and then majority ruling. If those groups have the right to vote and get elected, but don't because most don't want to elect them, that's still a democracy. It's even a democracy if the majority decides to stiffle a minority (it might not be ethical or decent to do, and the majority might have decided so for racist or sexist reasons, but that's still democratic).
      • bborud 4y ago
        Goodness. If you think the western concept of democracy is merely about voting I think your educational system has served you poorly. A good way to learn what a democracy is may be to learn a bit more about what it takes to safeguard a democracy. Timothy Snyder has written a few books that might be useful.
        • coldtea 4y ago
          If you think the western concept and practice of democracy is actual democracy, then your educational system has failed you. Which in the US it's not that difficult to happen...