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It's not just about legal system being abused. I would like to see casteism dissolved from the world. Grew up in India and I was taught to be caste agnostic. I

It's not just about legal system being abused. I would like to see casteism dissolved from the world. Grew up in India and I was taught to be caste agnostic. I have seen my parents being friends with and working with people of all castes. I grew up pretty liberal. This bill is trying to attack on a problem that does not exist on the same scale as any of the other discriminatory issues that we ever talk about here in America. We are creating a problem out of our imagination. The kind of arguments that I see from people on internet including this forum are hilarious. People say that The people of highcast would say vegetarians only for the room advertisement or someone can be denied of a marriage proposal based on their caste. That's all really stupid talk. Being a vegetarianism is a global phenomena. Just because I'm a Hindu doesn't mean I am trying to discriminate against someone who eats non vegetarian because they are low caste and I'm not a low caste (again in perception only). For a matter like marriage, it is extremely personal and people are allowed to decline on proposals based on their personal choice.

tremon 3y ago
the bill is trying to attack on a problem that does not exist on the same scale as any of the other discriminatory issues This is an invalid argument. You are effectively defending a practice based on the argument that it's not widespread. That's the same as saying that we don't need to protect transgender issues because they hardly ever get discriminated against. No -- for one, you cannot say for certain how widespread the practice is (and "I'm transgender myself" does not make you an authority on that), and second: low prevalence is not a reason for not prohibiting something. What's next? We shouldn't make laws against police violence because they kill less than 100 people/year? If you really want to see casteism dissolved, you should not oppose laws trying to codify exactly that.
sn9 3y ago
With that logic, the fact that I can find people who were raised in liberal environments and taught not to discriminate at all is sufficient grounds to get rid of anti-discrimination laws altogether. That's absurd. The laws aren't for people who wouldn't discriminate. They're for the people who demonstrably do.

tremon 3y ago

the bill is trying to attack on a problem that does not exist on the same scale as any of the other discriminatory issues This is an invalid argument. You are effectively defending a practice based on the argument that it's not widespread. That's the same as saying that we don't need to protect transgender issues because they hardly ever get discriminated against. No -- for one, you cannot say for certain how widespread the practice is (and "I'm transgender myself" does not make you an authority on that), and second: low prevalence is not a reason for not prohibiting something. What's next? We shouldn't make laws against police violence because they kill less than 100 people/year? If you really want to see casteism dissolved, you should not oppose laws trying to codify exactly that.

sn9 3y ago

With that logic, the fact that I can find people who were raised in liberal environments and taught not to discriminate at all is sufficient grounds to get rid of anti-discrimination laws altogether. That's absurd. The laws aren't for people who wouldn't discriminate. They're for the people who demonstrably do.