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In reply to the discussion: To those bemoaning the presence of the divine in the inauguration [View all]Major Nikon
(36,925 posts)This has already been explained to you more than once. Even if this wasn't so (and it is) the five criteria you listed are hardly all inclusive because women most certainly are a minority and your criteria 2, 4, and 5 don't apply to them even though you admit yourself that women are a minority.
I highly doubt you even read the University of Minnesota study before you summarily dismissed it as 'suggestion' (as if any study does anything more). I also explained to you that it wasn't the only one out there, which you apparently ignored because you are still claiming that's the only evidence out there (it isn't, by far).
Obviously you are trying to convince someone of something because you keep repeating things ad nauseum which have already been well debunked by myself and others. I never questioned that women, people of color, or the LGBT community was anything other than minority. Why you would offer that as somehow a contradiction of anything I claimed is anyone's guess. However, if I wanted to play by your rules and dismiss relevant evidence for no good reason while offering none in support of my own assertions, it's hard to imagine how you could prove anyone is a minority. Believe whatever you want to believe. Everyone has an opinion. Some are just better supported and more relevant. I'm not going to try to convince you of anything either as obviously your mind was well made up before you made your first post. My only goal was to debunk obvious errors. I'm quite satisfied this has been accomplished.
Cheers!