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Originally Posted by Xanthe
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When folks start bandying words like discrimination around and try to tie it to the civil rights struggle, then it is a legal definition of discrimination that they are trying to finesse. "Discrimination" is a word that has weight and history; the non-legal usage you're implying makes it seem comparable to my 5 year old niece telling her mother that she's being discriminated against because she can't wear her sparkly sneakers to school.  |
Yes and the only reason it has "weight and history" is because people stood up for their rights. Lots and lots of people have died because their sexual orientation was different than the mainstream; lots more endure discrimination -- where discrimination means the experience of real fear -- every day. If Amazon is pulling erotica because it is aimed at non-heterosexuals, and similar straight material is staying on the shelves, that's discrimination, pure and simple.
I note in passing that in some jurisdictions it would also be
illegal discrimination.