Also don't think it is proven that atheists face worse discrimination than lgbt. A higher percent of the population may be prejudiced against atheists, but I suspect both the practical discrimination and the depth of the hatred is worse for LGBT. As in there is still legal discrimination against LGBT. And also you get more people ranting passionately against lgbt (not using that term) and openly opposing lgbt rights.
Fred: The size and depth of the wound indicate a female vampire. Harmony: Or gay! Fred: Um…it doesn't really work like that.
'Harm's Way'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Typo Boy - Aug 04, 2014 11:36:28 am PDT #3438 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Steph L. - Aug 04, 2014 11:39:17 am PDT #3439 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Also don't think it is proven that atheists face worse discrimination than lgbt.
I thought that was a given. I mean, people *are* shitty to atheists, but they don't tend to get killed, AFAIK, for being atheists. t edit Someone probably has, I bet. Still, it doesn't seem to compare.
(Not that quantifying discrimination is anything but a fool's game. No one wins the Oppression Olympics.)
Strix - Aug 04, 2014 11:46:01 am PDT #3440 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Does anyone know where the Great Nail Polish Box is? I have a bunch of colors I'd like to get rid of...(part and parcel of the pre-moving purge.)
Polgara - Aug 04, 2014 11:46:35 am PDT #3441 of 30000
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
Has there been a specific incident at your place of work, Hil, that would garner that particular kind of request?
Ginger - Aug 04, 2014 11:52:46 am PDT #3442 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
There's polling that shows that the mistrust and dislike for atheists is remarkably high, but I haven't seen any data about how that translates into discrimination. I think it's a fundamentally different question. LGBT discrimination is directed at what people are, not what they believe.
Amy - Aug 04, 2014 12:19:58 pm PDT #3443 of 30000
Because books.
I love Ginger. That's all!
Hil R. - Aug 04, 2014 12:52:36 pm PDT #3444 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Has there been a specific incident at your place of work, Hil, that would garner that particular kind of request?
Nothing that I know of. I mean, there's a preacher who's always standing outside one of the buildings telling everyone that they're going to hell, but he's been there for about 30 years.
§ ita § - Aug 04, 2014 12:52:49 pm PDT #3445 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
MAybe it's like my last job before we separated from ING with the posters encouraging people to come out of the closet. Step 2: Address issues raised by de-closeting.
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Man, I told some recruiter we'd talk this afternoon, and I feel chained to the house. I wanted to go look up Gustav Dore either in the bookstore or the library.
Ginger - Aug 04, 2014 12:58:18 pm PDT #3446 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Here's some Dore while you wait, ita. [link]
Sheryl - Aug 04, 2014 1:04:17 pm PDT #3447 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
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