Atheists challenge churches' free parking permits

[trotsky]

9. The image that comes to my mind...

is that of Southern racists and some of their enablers who, in the 1950s and 60s, would have dismissed concerns over such things as separate drinking fountains. "What's the big deal? You have your own drinking fountain right next to mine. Don't you have bigger battles to fight?"

Or the defenders of marriage inequality - "Why are you hung up on the word marriage? You can have a civil union and get most of the benefits you are looking for - don't you have bigger battles to fight?"

It's an overall effort to trivialize and dismiss legitimate concerns - generally employed by, as you so accurately noted, those in positions of privilege.