
lately, at my school, people have apparently been thinking that it is okay to replace the word bad, dumb, or stupid with the word 'Jew'. for example: ''did you do your homework in math last night? no, it was so ridiculous. so Jew. there was no point to it.'' the student council members were addressed on this topic because we are "examples" of how other students should act. and no one should be talking with such racial disrespect. this is totally and completely fine with me. i think what those people were saying is wrong. so this is not what i had a problem with.
what i have a problem with is people calling others things like "faggot" or saying that's so "gay" as if it is another word for stupid or dumb. this, however, was not addressed at all while we were having this discussion. when everyone knows that people at my school say that sort of thing all the time. so why is it okay to say that's so gay? answer: its not. just because it is not racial discrimination doesn't mean its right.
this doesn't make any sense to me at all. discriminating against someone because they are gay is the same as doing so with a black or Jewish person. it seems like people are telling us that discrimination is okay as long as it is the "right" kind of discrimination. i'm going to let you in on a little secret: there is NO such thing as right or just discrimination.
you don't get to decide that you don't like a group of people because they are different than others. its not right. you can discriminate against a gay person all you want but as soon as you say something about a Jew or black or Chinese person then its wrong. why is that?
all discrimination should be wrong....so why isn't it?