Can we talk about the group rules?

[cleanhippie]

67. If a group is open to non-believers, as the SoP says it is, then the viewpoint of the non-believer

must be equally as valid as everyone else. And since I offered no offense to anyone personally, it seems that your group is treating non-believers, whom are allegedly welcome there, as separate-but-equal partners who have to operate by a different set of arbitrary rules designed to protect the delicate sensibilities of those who do not share the non-believers point of view. It is exclusionary.

There is another group of people who are treated this way; LGBT's.


Maybe that is why I am such an equal rights for LGBT's supporter. I can identify with their struggle, as I have experienced the same kind of discrimination at the hands of a majority who simply does not like me for who I am, not only here on DU, but constantly IRL.

It's really too bad, especially on a Liberal/Progressive site like DU, to see behavior that matches, both in reasoning and action, that of Religious Conservatives/Republicans/Tea Party.


On a personal note, both yours and Kentauros' replies (Kenaturos' I had not even seen until this morning) can be viewed as very condescending and belittling. And I would LOVE to know who you all allow to be "teachers", just what are they teaching, and how behavior that treats others differently while preaching (no pun intended) "welcome back when your point of view changes to discussion among equals" while not treating people equally.