Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-24609882-20140318064016/@comment-5051846-20140516190809

Chevsapher wrote: Sheesh, Dizzy. We're talking about our society, not the entire world. I don't use Tumblr, I read the world news about all the trouble minority groups and women are having in other countries, and neither Umbreon or I ever said anything about the issue we're discussing being "society's greatest fault".

Also, let's not bring LGBT+ crap into this. Oh! I was mainly responding to Umbreon with that post Chev. But I'll trust your judgement on the demographic Umbreon was talking about anyway. So, to be clear, we were talking not about society but American society? Or perhaps society in the West? So, here is my understanding Umbreon's post now:

'There are some problems caused in Western society by some members of minority groups, and double standards happen on both sides' (Umbreon feel free to swing in here and correct me)

That's sometimes I can casually agree with. :D Even in a utopia we are unlikely to ever get some kind of mathematical perfection where no double standards exist. Difficult to measure, but I'm sure everyone has seen a post that is trying to reach social equality that we think has flaws and is going about it wrongly. n_n

I think what we have here is a case is hyperbole. On a wider scale it certainly Umbreon's subject certainly isn't the biggest thing that needs combatting even in the most wealthy countries, (think murder, crime, general bigotry) and the level of which people are upset seems dissonant with the actual scale of the problem; but awareness is good.

My personal ideal is: Just be nice to everyone, for god's sake. Address all the problems you can and always try to help and understand.