About that cross at Ground Zero...

[thucythucy]

244. You seem to have grown in your sensitivity to these issues.

"I happen to know (from personal experience) that seeing a cross in a public space makes some people feel isolated at best and threatened at worst."

Glad you empathize with this. Glad to see you acknowledge and understand how something that might seem innocuous, even comforting, to some--perhaps even the majority--can be deliterious to others, and that their sensibilities ought to be considered by the majority, even if it's the vast majority. I'm very gratified to see you acknowledge that images have power, and need to be scrutinized for their impact, and I commend you for your sensitivity in this regard.

And yet, when people here on DU (mostly women but also a number of men) expressed pretty much the same feelings (of isolation and disempowerment) about the posting of the T & A Sports Illustrated Cover in General Discussion a month or so back, you seemed to be one of those who characterized their discomfort as "faux outrage." Those aren't your words, but in OPs like "Objectification? You really want to go there?" and "Something making you feel bad isn't the same as Misogyny" you seem to be saying that just because something offends some people (in this case, a number of progressive women and men on DU) is no reason to object to it being displayed.

This seems to be a bit of a disconnect.

Am I to assume you've come around on this issue? Or are non-Christians bothered by the public display of a cross somehow more entitled to their discomfort than those women (and some men) bothered by the objectification of women in what is supposed to be a progressive space open to all?