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Facing disadvantages and being persecuted are differences of a significant magnitude. Besides, we're currently in the middle of several moral panics. Most of t
by vezzy-fnord 11y ago
Facing disadvantages and being persecuted are differences of a significant magnitude.
Besides, we're currently in the middle of several moral panics. Most of them come and go, but it feels like things are really bad when you're in the midst of them.
- classicsnoot 11y ago>facing disadvantages v. being persecuted Seems like a distinction stemming from perspective. Are women persecuted or do the face disadvantages in the workplace?
- vezzy-fnord 11y agoFirstly, we must draw an important subtle distinction between oppression and persecution. Oppression implies a deliberate and prolonged attack on a group's rights, whereas persecution implies some active vendetta against a group on top of that, beyond merely enforcing the oppressed status. As for your question, that strongly depends on which jurisdiction we're talking about. Where the United States is concerned, I would say the latter is true, but not the former.