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The fallacy of "The virtue of the oppressed"
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RE: The fallacy of "The virtue of the oppressed"
I'd say the Kurdish Christians and non Christians living in Iraq being slaughtered by Isis including other Muslims are oppressed. I'd say it sucks for Muslim and Arab Israeli citizens to have to fear their police and military. I'd say minority Muslims and non Muslims living in Saudi Arabia or Iran have to fear the society they live in.

I'd say Tibet Buddhists have to fear China. I'd say Muslims living in Burma have to fear Buddhists. I'd say Christians and Muslims in African nations have to fear each other depending.

Case by case. The rule would be, if you live in a place where you wont get arrested for dissent, or the worst you have to fear is a "fuck you" or "bullshit" or "that is not true", and no one is having you arrested and you are not being chased down by mobs, then you do not get to use being offended to claim oppression.

Having your claims or beliefs insulted or criticized is not a death sentence, it merely means you got offended.
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The fallacy of "The virtue of the oppressed" - by Brian37 - January 28, 2015 at 9:00 am
RE: The fallacy of "The virtue of the oppressed" - by Brian37 - January 28, 2015 at 3:45 pm

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