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In reply to the discussion: I refuse to apologize for being male [View all]JoeyT
(6,785 posts)No one has asked you to apologize for any of the three. That's the reason it's considered the behavior of hate groups: Insistence that any group that isn't them being allowed on a higher perch, even if it isn't in parity with their position, is demanding they apologize for existing.
It's the attitude behind the bullshit war on Christmas that fires up every year: The acknowledgement of the existence of other religions is suddenly direst persecution to people that are accustomed to being treated as special. It's the reason kids frequently hate their younger siblings. They're so accustomed to being treated as one of a kind that when the attention is divided they feel neglected. They aren't actually persecuted or neglected. They're just being forced to share and they want no part of it whatsoever.
I'm male, too. And no one has ever asked me to apologize for it nor did I ever feel the need to. To stretch an allegory to the absolute breaking point, if someone has been tripped, I don't need to apologize for being vertical to offer them a hand up, provided I'm not personally the one that tripped them. Nor does their standing up inhibit my verticalness (Verticality?) in any way.