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Overweight, ugly, sick, unemployed, poor, female, religious, nonreligious ... need I go on?

Your point was that a bias against the strongly religious is the only "acceptable" one left. Your point was completely wrong.

 

I totally disagree on sick, unemployed, and female. Who do you hang out with?

 

Yes, unemployed people feel perfectly acceptable in today's society. No bias whatsoever. What sort of fantasy land do you live in?

Christ, read the JTO threads sometime.

 

Who said anything about feeling acceptable? My point is that people will say things about seriously religious people that they wouldn't say about anyone else because it is socially unacceptable. You think it is socially acceptable to rip make fun of women and the unemployed?

 

In many corners, absolutely. You ever been in a locker room? Or many newsrooms, for that matter?

 

I would argue that that is not socially acceptable. I high schools the list is larger too. My point is that as a society we have come far enough that for the most part, prejudices have been pushed to the fringes with a couple of exceptions. You're talking about fringes.

 

And yours isn't a fringe?

Again, in many corners, bias against those demographics that I named is not a fringe sentiment. It's absolutely the majority.

 

No, I don't think it is.

And again, I can't claim to have hit every corner, but I don't find that to be the case. Look at this board for example. Fat, ugly, religious - fair game. Non-religious, female, unemployed, poor - absolutely not.

 

Well, in my corners, I have found that to be the case. And I've found yours to be not only a fringe bias, but almost nonexistent in some areas.

So ... there you go. Agree to disagree.

 

Agreed.

Only thing I will ask is, do you find that this board conforms more with your perception or mine? It's not a gotcha - we could be atypical.

 

I'm a Christian, but I don't think God really cares too much about who wins and who loses. If someone wins, and they're Christian, it's an opportunity for that Christian to use that effort to bless someone. How, I'm not sure. I guess blessing the owner who already perhaps seems overblessed, unless he's Jerry Jones, who bless his heart, can't sell the name to his stadium. Snort.