(February 19, 2015 at 6:02 pm)robvalue Wrote: Sure... there's always someone worse off than yourself, but that doesn't make what you're going through any easier.
Oh I agree, I hate that as an economic argument from Republicans and Libertarians. "Other people have it worse, so accept your crappy pay and lower your standards to compete with third world countries".
Pain is pain, no one's pain is better or worse than anyone else's. I was putting things in perspective.
It is why I also argue that Jews cant hide behind the Holocaust because blacks and Native Americans went through the same types of oppression.
Atheist certainly are not widely accepted in the mainstream yet, and there is discrimination of course.
