Having to explicitly define every protected category in law seems ridiculous. Surely a description of what a protected category looks like would be more consistent and future proof.
this post was submitted on 01 Nov 2023
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If "don't be an asshole" worked, we wouldn't need most of the rest of the laws. Sadly it doesn't. I don't quite understand why.
Because there is no consensus on what an "asshole" is.
"I'm not an asshole; I just tell it like it is." β some asshole somewhere every five minutes
Yeah. You're absolutely right. But it's fun to pretend we could all be reasonable together.
They're created this way on purpose, to leave room for hating people in the future we might not know we hate yet. That's the type of "future proof" we're after, right?
Stupid rules are created because of stupid people.
If I'm not mistaken, there are general descriptions too, so I don't think the list is exclusive. I think it's a good idea to specify what categories you can so that in future human rights challenges, you don't have various interested groups trying to argue differing interpretations. Interpretations of vague language can vary and this can tend to lead us away from the spirit of an otherwise good law.
Hinduism (the religion) doesn't support mistreating people of any caste, but Hindu Nationalism (AKA the fascistic political movement "Hindutva") does, which is very concerning.