what is the point of "protected classes"?

I'm a libtard wrote:

jjjjjjj wrote:

Exactly. Why do we give certain protected classes, primarily the top 1%, privileged access to politicians, massive tax breaks and tax subsidies, and essentially the keys to power? Why should the top 1%, for instance, get more in tax subsidies than the bottom 80%? ($95 billion vs. $90 billion or less: much of this is in savings for college, etc.)

Socioeconomic status (top 1%) is not a protected class.

Who is out "giving" these things away? Maybe they earned it. Privileged access is and SHOULD be given to those who work to provide a good or service and make millions over those smoking weed and sucking the welfare tit.

KRISPY KREMLIN is either the newest LRC TROLL OR THE LEADER OF THE LRC NEO NAZIS

Legislating special privileges for members of certain groups allows politicians to pander to those people during elections. /thread.

Name2 wrote:

Legislating special privileges for members of certain groups allows politicians to pander to those people during elections. /thread.

You are talking about programs like affirmative action.

Protected classes are NOT affirmative action. Protected classes simply mean that when employing someone, selling something, renting something, etc., an individual or organization cannot discriminate based on certain characteristics such as race, ethnicity, religion, etc.

As others have stated, but some like you fail to grasp, special privileges for certain groups has NOTHING to do with protected classes.

Dial it up wrote:

Who is out "giving" these things away? Maybe they earned it. Privileged access is and SHOULD be given to those who work to provide a good or service and make millions over those smoking weed and sucking the welfare tit.

If you mean who determines what a "protected class" is, it is defined in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1968 and various other Acts passed by Congress and approved by the President.

I'll leave it to you and jjjjjj to debate whether the socioeconomically privileged should have better access to politicians, massive tax breaks and tax subsides. That's a different discussion unrelated to "protected classes".

SWPWDD

(Same White People Whining, Different Day)

krispy kremlin wrote:

seems like they give undue privilege and exception to people based on luck and for no apparent current reason.

They support information hiding.

yeahyeahyay wrote:

It is to keep "elites" (the unprotected) in power (via votes) by convincing vast segments that they are too weak to stand on their own two feet and only through the beneficence of governmental/collective power can they ever achieve meaning or dignity.

Haha I love letsrun. This is exactly the case and well said although I don't know about calling the "elites" unprotected. It's all about destroying the fabric of free society to pave the way for a world where the citizen's primary allegiance is to the state rather than to more traditional concepts like the (and less controllable) family unit and abstract ideals such as religion or non-relative morality.

Such as veterans, as long as you're making your usual oversimple BS arguments?

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lajldkjflajfl; wrote:

Protected classes are a creation of the Democrat party to (a) raise money from trial lawyers while (b) pandering to minorities in order to get their votes.

Protected? You decide.

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WWRD wrote:

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lajldkjflajfl; wrote:

Protected classes are a creation of the Democrat party to (a) raise money from trial lawyers while (b) pandering to minorities in order to get their votes.

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Nope, Nazis were statists, much like the communists that murdered millions in the 20th century, and today's liberals. Krispy appears one who believes in the rights of the individual, much like our founders.

should ugly people be a protected class? we face all sorts of biases and hardships simply because of the way we look.

and what about all the fatties in our society. I can personally attest to seeing some of them struggle just walking across a parking lot.

krispy kremlin wrote:

should ugly people be a protected class? we face all sorts of biases and hardships simply because of the way we look.

and what about all the fatties in our society. I can personally attest to seeing some of them struggle just walking across a parking lot.

0.3/10 just because you actually spelled all the words correctly. Your shtick is worn out, kremlin.