coercion

[susanmcgee48176]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
>
> ---  "susanmcgee48176" <Schlobin@> wrote:
> >
> > > 
> > > Carol, fearing that dominance is a fact of life, just like
> > > laws, government, taxes, and bosses
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > Well, some of us (like J.K. Rowling who indicates her views
> > very clearly specifically in Order of the Phoenix) feel that
> > dominance and tyranny and enforced beliefs are something to 
> > be resisted and fought against....
> > 
> > Do you really think, for example, that the dominance on 
> > white people against people of color is okay?
> > 
> > Susan
> >
> 
> bboyminn:
> 
> I think you are confusing 'dominant' with 'dominate'. That
> which is 'dominant' does not necessarily 'dominate'. 
> 
> Like it or not, the majority of a common people have a
> dominant influence on the culture and customs of a region.
> But that is far far different than assuming that majority
> dominance is the same as the majority dictating to the rest.
> 
> We have all spoken up and said that we stand for the 
> minorities being included and having their tradictions and
> customs honored. But we have also said, we will not deny
> our own customs and culture to make that happen.
> 
> Yes, minorities have rights, they have exactly the same
> rights as the majority. 
> 
> It seems that it is only you who can't see these 
> distinctions. 
> 
> Like it or not, Christianity is the dominant culture in
> the USA, but that by no means also implies that we are
> suppressing or oppressing minority religions or cultures.
> 
> And that's the way it is.
> 
> Steve/bboyminn
>


What you're saying is that Christianity is the MAJORITY religion in 
the U.S....you're correct...I'm using DOMINANT to imply DOMINATION...

I believe that a MAJORITY religion could protect the rights of the 
minority...

Where we disagree is the imposition of Christianity into the public 
sphere...where it therefore is DOMINATING public space or public 
discourse.

I am not suppressing YOUR right to say Merry Christmas to whomever 
you please. I think it's discourteous at best.

And I'm not even boycotting places that say Merry Christmas..it's 
others on the list who are essentially suggesting organizing against 
stores and institutions who DON'T wish ALL CUSTOMERS - regardless of 
their religion -- a religious greeting. That's coercion.

Susan