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Originally Posted by Das Boot
lol, what? Muslims and Jews are actual persecuted groups, Christians (as a whole) aren't.
That's the problem. It shouldn't matter. Calling someone a fig vs. calling some a ginger should be on the same level. You are discriminating based on a physical feature. Sure, one group has been discriminated more than another, but the ginger hater could be far more hateful in their intent, and they'll be called out far later than a racist would be.
Also, a good example of where Christianity gets laughed at is the Facebook thread in OOT. Pretty much every religious status posted in there is of God, and you can find plenty of "lolreligion" type comments. Now, I'm not really sure how this is treated in SE because religion rarely gets brought up, but I'd imagine there were some anti-religious statements during "Tebow Time".
I personally don't care. Yeah, good poasters should get some leeway. Maybe SE is doing a really good job, and the rest of the forum is doing a poor job with their consistency, that I'm extrapolating their results into SE.
I think what was lost in yeota's post was that he was trying to say (albeit, he did a terrible job and his example was awful) that in both instances he was basing his comments based on someone's appearance. Of course, the Gerard Butler comparison would be a compliment, so that is why it was a terrible example. Calling someone a ginger is only becoming less acceptable because a large number of people have used it in a derogatory manner.
But really, none of this matters because most of it isn't going to be the popular opinion. People aren't going to view discriminators of a non-persecuted group worse than ones of a persecuted group. The main thing is I have no problem with dkgo's racism remarks or people making remarks of rape and what not until it is trying to be derogatory towards another member. People getting offended over remarks that aren't directed towards them is ridiculous and what is making a lot of people and countries soft today.