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by giraffe_lady 1310 days ago
Is this just a "the means justify the means" argument or am I missing something?

Discrimination is wrong because of the harm it causes, not because it's a violation of an immutable law of fairness or whatever. There's a fucking lot to balance after all.

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honestly no.

it is considered wrong because it is unjust.

In the constitution of my Country (and many others) there's written that "all citizen are equal in front if the law, regardless of their gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age (..)" etc

Nowhere it is said "because it's economically inconvenient"

They are considered human rights, that people inherit as humans when they are born and are inalienable.

So, no.

Even people who discriminate have the right to not be discriminated.

Retaliation is not a human right.