Thread:User talk:WaitingforGodot/I like you, Godot, but I'm going to have to call bullshit on that/reply (16)

It depends on context. Humans do (and must?) talk about generalities, cause it's how we frame our world. we could never, ever see every new individual as an individual without our brain filling in contexts. "wearing a suit, fits into X categories", "standing with a clipboard talking to everyone - fits into Y category". When people are trying to deal with discrimination, we do it around groups.

yes, every single person has had a hard time. But I'm not even remotely convinced that a goth is being "discriminated" against, rather than "picked on". both are very serious, both harm the self. But one is institutionalized, the other is individualized. And being "picked on" while horrible, is not the same as being is a system where someone (goths, if you will) are prohibited by class from achievement, or right, or access.

Atheists talk about being discriminated against. As a group. And that's where this argument was started. They are not "discriminated" as a group, to the extent that others are.