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Then enough people get cautious like that, and eventually we have people complaining about discrimination because groups of guys will suddenly get quiet when a

by Dewie 12y ago

Then enough people get cautious like that, and eventually we have people complaining about discrimination because groups of guys will suddenly get quiet when a woman enters earshot, and they act somewhat uncomfortable. "Why can't they just treat us like equals?" I'm starting to believe that you can't really please everybody's sense of what is fair and equality in cases like this.

TeMPOraL 12y ago
Such abuses do not foster equality, they validate discrimination. When you make a lot of people afraid of your group, they won't suddenly start being nice to you. They will start to hate you. It was visible in case of the wave of antisemitism in Europe. People weren't hating Jews because the Jews went around demanding equality and talking about "misoabrachamism". They were hating Jews because overarching narrative was that they're the cause of evil, they're out there to get you economically, to take over the world, etc. etd. Being afrad breeds hate.