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12 year olds, and brothers and sisters, are not oppressed minorities facing a long history of brutal discrimination.
by hackuser 11y ago
12 year olds, and brothers and sisters, are not oppressed minorities facing a long history of brutal discrimination.
- MajorLOL 11y agoPre-requisite for protections under law; "long and brutal history of discrimination" - hackuser Sorry white people, you can't be protected under law, you haven't been brutally oppressed for long enough, just a couple more years than we can protect you.
- chralieboy 11y agoThe opinion very specifically did _not_ provided any protected status to gays and lesbians. Persecution had nothing to do with it.
- MBlume 11y ago>12 year olds [...] are not oppressed minorities facing a long history of brutal discrimination. No, they absolutely are -- not in a way that really bears on whether they should get married, but seriously, have you been 12? Ever spent five minutes inside a Jr. High?
- mgkimsal 11y agoBeing 12 is not a permanent condition, while generally race and sexuality are. While being 12 is not a choice - it's forced on most people - they also generally stop being 12, usually within a year or so of the condition.
- stevenspasbo 11y agoWhen started being 12 when I was 10, and it lasted until I was 14 :(
- task_queue 11y agoA child labor analogy would have worked better IMO
- DanBC 11y agohttp://rt.com/news/185256-us-unicef-children-homicide/ http://rt.com/news/185256-us-unicef-children-homicide/ > The US leads Western nations in child homicide rates, while millions of children around the world are threatened with physical, sexual and emotional abuse, including murder, rape and bullying, a new UNICEF report revealed I dunno, sounds pretty brutal to me.