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Re:Social Media and the ‘Spiral of Silence’ by drhayes9 on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @03:49PM (#8229121)
No, I'm bigoted against people who send money to organizations who support kicking puppies. Just to stretch this metaphor to the breaking point.

EDIT: His donation is actual discrimination based on someone's sexual identity.

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Re:Social Media and the ‘Spiral of Silence’ by LordKano on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @04:18PM (#8229285)
I have heard of torturing definitions but you just went full inquisition here.

Having an opinion and donating money to a cause is not remotely the same as refusing to hire LGBTQ individuals or refusing to sell/rent a house to them.

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Re:Social Media and the ‘Spiral of Silence’ by drhayes9 on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @04:22PM (#8229314)
I'm not super interested in developing a hierarchy of sins since I don't think it's useful or realistic.

You asked if he'd engaged in actual discrimination -- by donating that money, he had. Having the opinion wasn't what people were mad about.

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