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This seems like a way of saying that minority groups do not deserve the same protection as large groups. The issues of small groups are not “important enough”.
by voakbasda 4y ago
This seems like a way of saying that minority groups do not deserve the same protection as large groups. The issues of small groups are not “important enough”. Or did I misunderstand?
- throwaway22032 4y agoI don't think that you misunderstood me, but I do think that we should be careful with using the term "minority group". Examples of minority groups in the UK to me would be things like transgender people (~0.1-1% of the population), people of Indian heritage (1-5%), etc. Small percentages of the whole, but still significant quantities (e.g. tens, hundreds of thousands). I don't think that we can look at a group of 10-20 people with the same opinion blocking traffic in the same way. The rights of the people being disrupted have to be weighed up here.