Reply #27: I am feeling a little oppressed here [View All]

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that I never get to be the victim. Even though I have two college degrees and have been working crap jobs since I quit DOD, everyone knows that white male Christians have an easy life. Nobody ever picks on them.

According to you, then, it is okay for atheists to say that Christians are insane. Christians cannot complain because they are not an oppressed group in this country.

I would say that it is something to argue about. Not everything is offensive, nor is it intentional. Not every claim of offense is real. Sometimes it can be part of a game. If I am offended, that allows me some space and power. I think I have enough empathy, so if you can explain to me why you are offended, then I can understand that, in the same circumstances, I would be offended too. Some people are reasonable and some are not. Some are easy to offend and others are not.

Once I found a young friend of mine who was gathering neighborhood kids to attack an "archery guy" who had walked by and given this kid a dirty look. I talked him out of it based on the fact that this guy had not really done anything. Sometimes what seems to be a dirty look is really somebody with bad vision or with the sun in their eyes or still mad thinking about how the Bears lost or whatever. My goals are peace, love, and understanding - not 'to arms, to the barricades, an offense has been committed!'