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In reply to the discussion: White knights set back equality for the genders [View all]lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)Yeah. Prison. That's what I said.
Why would you say that blacks are so disproportionately imprisoned? Why would you say that men are so disproportionately imprisoned? If you don't have the same answer to both questions, then what stereotype and bias leads you to that conclusion, and how can you reconcile it with your principles?
I don't support LGBT people, racial minorities, the disabled or the poor because they're groups I have affinity for. I support them because they're experiencing injustice with regard to the principles I hold.
Racial minorities get unequal justice. In most states LGBT people aren't afforded equal protection of law. The poor are suffering primarily because the benefits of the economy are being distributed inequitably.
Because I come at things this way, I can easily defend my views and I don't feel a need to construct strawmen or go dog-whistling and alert trolling to get my way.