Reply #311: Even your cited definition doesn't really support your case

[Orrex]

Both definitions point out the persistent and repeated nature of the irritation as essential to persecution, and even in this you're stretching it.

The convenience store down the street never stocks Zowie Brand Comic Books, even though the proprietor knows that I like them. Therefore, his repeated and deliberate refusal to accommodate my wishes qualifies as persecution.

Do you see how that might blur the issue to the point of futility?


FWIW, I'm sorry that some people give you a hard time about your beliefs, and for that matter I posted a poll a few days ago about the idiocy of the term "Brights" as a designator for atheists/freethinkers/rationalists. But your eagerness to attack anyone who doesn't make an overwhelming display of support for your beliefs suggests to me that you have tolerance issues of your own, especially when you aggressively justify your intolerance on the basis that you feel you're being persecuted.