PhilGoetz comments on Manufacturing prejudice - Less Wrong

24 Post author: PhilGoetz 03 April 2011 05:26PM

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Comment author: benelliott 02 April 2011 05:01:53PM 8 points [-]

The term 'ginger' didn't become 'mainstream' just because of that South Park episode, I was being shot at, having acid thrown over me, stabbed, headbutted, punched, spat on, kicked, dehumanised, singled out, socially excluded, avoided, belittled, character assassinated etc since I can remember and to be fair I found that treatment was at its peak years before that South Park episode was even thought up.

Noticing my confusion here, I live in England and have never observed this level of prejudice. The kicking and punching I can just about believe, the acid is very implausible.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 02 April 2011 06:09:00PM 3 points [-]

Yes, I think one person being shot at, having acid thrown over one, and being stabbed for being red-headed would have made the news. But something's going on. A little time with google turns up a lot of people in England complaining about bullying of redheads.