04-07-2024, 08:38 PM
(04-07-2024, 06:08 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Probably because you have routinely referred to Israel as an "ethnic state". Is that ethnicity not Jewish? I'm sure they'd be surprised to hear otherwise. Thanks for playing, as always.
Come on, now. This is the same thing as trying to say that criticisms of the Israeli government are inherently anti-Semitic. That's a fallacious argument.
(04-07-2024, 07:58 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: If they are a protected class, then there is already laws that protect them from being discriminated against. So why all of the extra laws?
I thought everyone just wants to be treated as an equal rather than special.
Those extra laws get created because people need the explicit reminders that they are protected from discrimination. If people wouldn't discriminate, then they wouldn't be needed. The 14th Amendment should have everyone covered, but we have had to pass numerous laws protecting people from discrimination based on race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and other things. It's amazing, but people keep finding excuses to treat other people like shit despite the law.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
