"It's silly to try to protect all the minorities because they are minorities" Although I share OP's thought that people should be treated equally, that's just

"It's silly to try to protect all the minorities because they are minorities" Although I share OP's thought that people should be treated equally, that's just not what happens. We get examples every day, so trying to "solve the problem" by not talking about it will only make things stay the same (or get worse). It would be like pretending the elephant is not in the room as an attempt to make it disappear...