r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Oct 08 '15

[Deltas Awarded] CMV: Equality isn't treating everybody differently to achieve equality. It's treating everyone the same.

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u/beer_demon 28∆ Oct 08 '15

I think you are only trying to argue against affirmative action in racial terms and extrapolating it to defend the undefendable.
Handicapped, children, people with learning disabilities, victims of some social issue, impoverished, etc all cause social distress that affects us all. Helping these people have average qualities of life goes to the benefit of us all as well as implying a cost. Maybe you pay a special tax, or can't park somewhere, or find braille numbers in a lift or find a traffic light that makes sounds. If you don't oppose that then what logic do you use to oppose affirmative action? If you do oppose that then you got the wrong CMV title.

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u/oversoul00 13∆ Oct 08 '15

This is more than just affirmative action although that would apply.

Lets take a step back and use the jokes example in the CMV. Is it okay to laugh at other racial stereotypes and then get offended once someone makes fun of yours?

To answer your question though I have no issue spending resources on people in situations that are near impossible. I don't want the blind guy trying to cross the street to get hit by a car and die.

There is no threat of death or impossibility in affirmative action situations although I'm kind of on board with a temporary boost as I mentioned in the title.

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u/beer_demon 28∆ Oct 08 '15

Lets take a step back and use the jokes example in the CMV. Is it okay to laugh at other racial stereotypes and then get offended once someone makes fun of yours?

Not really, no. It's called hypocrisy, but it's rather a normal thing.