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The situation is different because there isn't a 2000+ year history of Java developers discriminating against Lisp developers.


If, howewer, there was such a history, would me making fuss over the situation in the story above make my behaviour justified?

The point is, there is always a minority to be found and a member of such can always find a reason to feel offended - but this by itself does not justify being aggressive. I used a clearly absurd example to separate the issues from sexual themes, because those get people emotional and irrational.


I don't think anybody is saying that being in a minority is justification for being aggressive. I think what some people are saying is that being oppressed might be a justification for being aggressive, but I can't say for certain. I'm just an average Asian who appears like an average Caucasian.




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