From: ben (ben@machinegod.org)
Date: Fri Mar 01 2002 - 12:59:05 MST
[athenonrex 1]
firstly, the top five most discriminated aginst groups,
as of 2001 for the usa are :
1)anarchists
2)african americans (still, after centuries of progress,
people continue to oppress them...)
3)communists/ socialists
4)muslims/american arabians
5)pagans/wiccans/satanists...
[ben 2]
again, I urge you to post the methodology of the statistics gathering that
generated the above
[athenonrex 1]
however, they can fire me if they
were to find out that i am an anarchist without experiancing any legal
repercussions.
[ben 2]
I'd love to see that played out in court. I have a feeling the results might
surprise you.
[ben 1]
Those same statistics would suggest that the most 'discriminated against'
minority are probably untalented uneducated unmotivated individuals who
have put themselves in a position where they have nothing to offer anyone
other
than trite, self-righteous but utterly unworkable cliches. How sad for them.
[athenonrex 1]
how so? because a type of people are disliked by a larger group of people,
does that make them untalented uneducated unmotivated individuals ?
honestly, i want to see the logic that you base this prejudice on.
[ben 2]
No, the fact that they are untalented uneducated unmotivated individuals
makes them untalented uneducated unmotivated individuals. Nowhere did I say
that they were anarchists - I'm merely pointing out that any group of people
(untalented uneducated unmotivated individuals OR anarchists) who make
choices that lead to non-participation in society are likely to be shown to
have less participation in society. If "lack of participation in society" is
the criteria by which we measure oppression then yes they are going to
appear to be oppressed, even though their "oppression" is clearly the result
of their own choices, not systematic discrimination.
-ben
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