It did clear a lot of things up and I feel we do agree on most parts, and it's good to bring up that some people may be suffering more than the average joe with an inferiority complex.
But still... racism? The definition mandates that there be a belief that someone is inferior based on their race. My example, again, was demonstrative of stereotyping. I was not equating being rude to smokers with being a racist.
It's your personal interpretation that smokers suffer "people being shitty" but fat people suffer "oppression" when people are rude to them. That's your call regarding particular semantics and a subjective view of oppression. While it's not my intention to be hurtful and rude to any group that suffers discrimination, remember that from your shoes, you may find it hurtful to put smokers on par with the armed forces, overweight people, pro-lifers, and the other examples I listed, from MY shoes it's harmful to write off discrimination simply because... well, whatever reason it is you have for thinking it's not discrimination.
There never was a "contest" to say who suffered the worst. Certainly not an Olympic competition. There was only a message speaking out against discrimination of all sorts, smokers included.
Is it normal to be awe-struck by socially-accepted rudeness?
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It did clear a lot of things up and I feel we do agree on most parts, and it's good to bring up that some people may be suffering more than the average joe with an inferiority complex.
But still... racism? The definition mandates that there be a belief that someone is inferior based on their race. My example, again, was demonstrative of stereotyping. I was not equating being rude to smokers with being a racist.
It's your personal interpretation that smokers suffer "people being shitty" but fat people suffer "oppression" when people are rude to them. That's your call regarding particular semantics and a subjective view of oppression. While it's not my intention to be hurtful and rude to any group that suffers discrimination, remember that from your shoes, you may find it hurtful to put smokers on par with the armed forces, overweight people, pro-lifers, and the other examples I listed, from MY shoes it's harmful to write off discrimination simply because... well, whatever reason it is you have for thinking it's not discrimination.
There never was a "contest" to say who suffered the worst. Certainly not an Olympic competition. There was only a message speaking out against discrimination of all sorts, smokers included.