Light-skinned actors in India are “whiter” than White Tech-Bro CEOs who cross-fit in america. Class-wise and in the pecking order of society that is.

Because if I accidentally step on your foot, but I had the good intention of killing a mosquito about to bite you, I’ve still stepped on your foot. Also, there pretty much isn’t a more offensive response to “this is hurtful” than “No, it isn’t”. Please stahp.

i am from hungary, living here, in budapest. as i have reviewed all replies to your comment, i noticed one thing that is really common among hungarians: the denial of massive racism. actually, racism is a huge problem in our country. mostly it affects roma minority but as we could see this summer, during the refugee…

Is Hungary located in some remote part of the world where there is no access to media outside of the country? Are you saying that in 2016, Hungarians still need to educated about cultural appropriation and racism? I need you stop excusing the behavior of racist narcissistic adults. She does not value the tribal women…

I know right? Why are black people SO MEAN when pointing out the ways whites dehumanize and degrade them??

Hmm let’s see. In 2005, Shlissel’s inaugural Pride Parade stabbing occurred. In 2006, the Haredi rioted for days in protest of that year’s Pride Parade.

Yeah, he’s “one crazy guy” who just so happens to be supported by a large and powerful community that shares his beliefs - beliefs that parallel those held by billions of other religious people around the world.

Wait, what? Could you please provide a source to back up your claim? Because recent reporting from Israel seems to contradict everything you’ve said.

Did you not read the part where he was released early from prison? Did you not read about how he was interviewed on a radio station right before the attack?

Just because some religious people choose to ignore the hateful dogma so deeply embedded in their religion, doesn’t mean that said hateful dogma isn’t there. For every act of tolerance towards LGBT people, there are thousands of acts of hatred, and only when religious people will look past their own privilege and stop…

I never said that religion is the only source of homophobia/transphobia, but it’s certainly the main one, and we can not ignore that fact because some religious people are uncomfortable with it. They need to stop with the #NotAllReligiousPeople and face their own privileges. They’re not the ones facing discrimination,…

As someone that lives in a country where religion and homophobia are so tightly intertwined, I just can’t ignore the negative impact religion has on the LGBT population. Trust me, I recognize that it’s not *just* religion’s fault, but we can’t just sweep that fact under the rug because some religious people aren’t…

No, this guy was part of a network of virulently misogynistic and racist extremists who flourish in Israel. While there are many religious people who are kind and tolerant, don’t pretend he was acting anything like alone.

If you think that the influence of religious institutions doesn’t extend past the borders of their respective place of worship, you’re more misguided than I thought. Whether we like it or not, and I certainly don’t, religion has a massive role in shaping the moral values of certain countries. When religious dogma…

Why someone would be a willing participant in their own oppression is beyond me, but I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree.

You can shift the blame all you want, but when it comes to the oppression of LGBT people, religion is guilty. Religion is not the only culprit, but I think it’s safe to say that it’s the biggest one. That’s a fact and no amount of your hurt feelings will change that.

I know that not all religious people are intolerant, but that’s just a result of secularism and cherry-picking. That still doesn’t change the fact that basically all organized religion has the blood of LGBT people on its hands, and that blood won’t be washed away by a few religious progressives.

Their tolerance is just a product of secularism and cherry-picking. You’re right though - I should have been more clear with my first comment. I still stand by what I said about religion, it is completely incompatible with LGBT rights. Religious people on the other hand often don’t strictly adhere to their religion,…

One act of tolerance from cherry-picking religious “progressives” will not wash away centuries of prejudice, discrimination, hatred and religious persecution.

Netanyahu knows all about despicable hate crimes. He commits them every day.