You (very probably) made a choice to be a certain way, here. So, the "judice" part is correct, and people should perhaps be nicer, but this doesn't feel like the right word.
No disrespect but what does being black have to do with the usage of the word prejudice? Because the parent you responded to used it correctly.
It's use is not exclusive to racism. To exclude other uses is ironically prejudiced.
It frequently carries a cultural component such that the law sees fit to treat it like other arguably immutable identity type things, which seems correct to me. Though, it is complicated.
Ok, I was kinda sorta with you until the second time you decided on the ‘flexibility of words’ defense… honestly, if you’d just gone with:
“using a charged term like prejudice to describe disagreement (even when distastefully communicated) over lifestyle choices dilutes the word, and minimizes what it means to someone who experiences true prejudice every day”
or something like that, I think you’d have gotten your point across without the downvotes and discussion.
But maybe that’s not what you meant, and maybe there would still be discussion because what I said ain’t necessarily true - it just sounds hard to argue with.
Last I checked, I can't trade these hacker news points for cash and prizes. :)
I was going off a dictionary definition along these lines:
> preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
But I totally get that prejudice has connotations here that make it inappropriate for me as a white man to use
Did the judicial system stop dismissing cases with prejudice?
Isn't any sort of negatively biased opinion prejudice, regardless of what it's against be it gender, race, dietary choices, religion or anything else?
What I was saying is a little bit closer to - "Prejudice" connotes "identity" type issues, and I don't think 'veganism' is like that.
(Once again -- CONNOTES -- for all the dictionary lovers out there)
Racial discrimination does not own the term prejudice.