Which Persecuted Group to you belong to?

[franksumatra]

Persecuted liberal? Persecuted atheist? Persecuted southerner? Persecuted fat guy? Persecuted Hippy? Persecuted supermodel? Persecuted Christian? (enter denomination here) Persecuted Native American? Persecuted Black American? Persecuted radical leftist? Persecuted conspiracy theorist? Persecuted Democratic Undergrounder?

Some people really are persecuted, some just imagine that they are.

Or are you the rare creature that doesn't feel persecuted in anyway, by anybody?

[ruthg]

1. I'm a woman. n/t

[djeseru]

2. I think that sums it up nicely.

I'll second that.

[Warpy]

9. I'm a woman over 50

and I'm no Barbie doll.

[franksumatra]

24. ALL Women qualify

ALL through history

[hyphenate]

47. Yup

Woman, animal lover, pro-choice, environmentalist, evolutionist, currently in poverty, disabled, New Englander, intelligent, almost 50, agnostic/atheist/secular, with a strong artistic streak. That pretty much says it all.

[franksumatra]

65. Can I get your telephone number? just kidding

you sound like my kind of a tough woman. hang in there.
you're in quite a few persecuted groups.

[hyphenate]

73. Ha!

And I'm only one of many, I can assure you. It's a bit difficult to look at the way some of us are treated by our government and still try to keep the will to live. The only good thing I can say about poverty is that I have health coverage right now. If it weren't for that, I'd likely already be dead. But we're stuck for another 4 years. I wonder how many of us can live through another 4 years of the destitution of America?

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. I think a lot of people hate

different groups. It is up to a member of that group to decide whether or not to feel persecuted. It's all in attitude. For example, I'm Muslim. I'm a peace activist. I can feel persecuted by people who spit on me and push me, or I can feel sorry for them and their delusions (which is not an easy thing to do, btw). The choice is mine.

[Democrat Dragon]

4. I'm a teenager who thinks for herself

and not for Ym magazine, TeenPeople, MTV, Xbox, Trojan, and WB.

[murray hill farm]

5. I dont feel persecuted, but..

i am a woman..and i am old...old women are not all that respected in our society..most societies..i do cringe when i hear someone refer to a young mans behavior...as "he acts like an old woman" ha! The nice thing about being an old woman though is that..is that we really dont give a flying fuck what people think! That is nice!

[franksumatra]

you're crackin' me up mama!

I subscribe to your group, in that I don't give a flying fuck anymore either.

[MuseRider]

11. I don't know how old you are

but I am 51. When I turned 50 I decided that I had made it to that nice age when I didn't have to give a flying fuck what anyone thought(great choice of words mexicoxpat). It has been very amusing and very liberating and I feel more like a free human than ever before in my life. I am loving it. I see persecution and will always fight against it but refuse to feel persecuted, it is hard to feel that way when you don't care what they think.

[Why Syzygy]

39. Ditto

50 was the freeing turn point.

[ErinGoBraghLess]

66. Old Drivers

You can tell old people don't give a fuck because of the way they drive. They just barrel on into the parking lot at the mall without looking, they back out of spaces without checking who's behind them, they change lanes without a glance. They just don't care.

I'm a 38 year old woman now and when I'm 50, I hope I look good enough to turn the occasional head. Maybe even seduce my son's friend. HA! Is that perverted? :)

[MuseRider]

72. Self deleted.

[purduejake]

6. Gay.

[franksumatra]

26. You Qualify Jake

no doubt about it. Homosexuals were not always persecuted historically, but particularly so in America.

[purduejake]

57. Persecuted? Yes. Do I care? Not anymore.

...as long as I'm not getting my ass kicked, anyway. I am proud of who I am as everybody in here should. If my differences draw attention, it makes me feel good because I am truly unique. I stand for something that bigots hate, and I couldn't be happier.

(I say this having been through discrimination and harassment myself, and do not mean to imply that anybody else should feel happy because they are persecuted, lol. It's simply my personal feelings about me.)

[patrice]

7. If having people yell obscenities at you for holding an anti-war sign

is persecution, I guess I am.

By far, most war supporters express their opinions with their middle fingers, by being very ugly, and yelling insults and obscentities.

But maybe that isn't persecution since those doing so are only a fraction of those expressing support for our weekly sign gatherings in central Kansas City.

[AllyCat]

15. I like it when they get their kids to flip you off too

Isn't that nice? The whole fam damily drove by our protest in West Allis in September and offered the one-finger salute as they left Shrubie's speech. Little kids!

You know what's even better? When the guy cruises by in his Lincoln and does the sneaky middle finger scratching his nose bit. That's mature, eh?

Outside of protesting...yeah, being female and non-Christian. Does it everytime.

[Big Kahuna]

27. That is freedom.

"If having people yell obscenities at you for holding an anti-war sign..."

That is freedom. You are expressing your opinion, they are expressing theirs. They are being thugs and making lame attempts at intimidating you. You are expressing your opinion with conviction, bravery and dignity, and making a positive impression on more people than your detractors.

[SammyWinstonJack]

8. Quite a group ya got there.

Let's see, not a persecuted fat guy. Not a persecuted hippy. Certainly not a persecuted supermodel, :silly: And not a persecuted Christian nor a persecuted .............. guess I must be the rare creature that doesn't feel persecuted in anyway, by anybody.

[franksumatra]

12. You LUCKY bastard! (just kidding)

Send me your diet and a few notes on your lifestyle, I envy you.

[franksumatra]

10. DICTIONARY: "Persecuted"

1 : to harass in a manner designed to injure, grieve, or afflict; specifically : to cause to suffer because of belief
2 : to annoy with persistent or urgent approaches (as attacks, pleas, or importunities) : PESTER

[politicaholic]

13. Persecuted Canadian living in America here...

sure, you may laugh, but when you get into a political discussion and even democrats discount your opinion because you can't vote:

OR

When you canvas for a candidate and the people you meet chastize you and tell you that the US should attack Canada because "They harbor terrorists and then give them health care."

OR

When someone makes a tasteless joke about your country straight to your face and expects you to laugh, you know, you feel a little persecuted.

[Telly Savalas]

42. Whaddaya know, I'm a persecuted American living in Canada...

Well, maybe I don't really feel persecuted, but I once read an article in the National Post saying that I am.

[Big Kahuna]

14. I'm not your shrink..

but who do YOU feel persecuted by?

[franksumatra]

19. giant arab grocers

how they taunt me!

but seriously, I think almost everyone feels persecuted at some time, and maybe I'm in a small group that gets persecuted too, but I'd rather not dwell on what it is. Everyone has their figurative cross to bear.

[Cuban_Liberal]

16. Gay Latino anti-war activist.

I hit the trifecta.

[devilgrrl]

17. I was a dweeb in high school

:shrug:

[franksumatra]

21. me too

Nerds Unite!

[Taragui Junkie]

36. I still am a dweeb.

But so is Bill Gates, and look how he turned out.

I suddenly feel very inferior. Geeky AND inferior.

[franksumatra]

38. "Blessed are the geek, for they shall inherit the world"

so sayeth Lord Gates

[Taragui Junkie]

40. We'll inherit the world, but we don't want it.

It's been ours since birth
Whattcha doin' on it?

(Sorry--a little Replacements flashback there)

[Boosterman]

74. Gotta hate those geeks

who did well. Dammit why not me? Heh. j/k

[Lenape85]

18. Persecuted Native American

[franksumatra]

22. You qualify

Even unto this day, they are persecuted. It's one of our nation's most overlooked and unmentioned disgraces.

[CarpeVeritas]

20. permanently disabled social security recipient since age 38.

[franksumatra]

23. You qualify too

As do the women and all the others mentioned above. The sick and infirmed in America are treated shamefully, and thus persecuted.

[Tsiyu]

25. I refuse to be persecuted

All persecutors can Bite Me.:hippie:

[franksumatra]

28. Take Damitol, and kiss your persecutions goodbye!

Ask your pharmacist for "Damitol"

[karlrschneider]

29. That's some good stuff. So is fukitol.

:evilgrin:

[Tsiyu]

35. I have a Dammit Doll

made by an old friend on Tybee.

You bang her around and say "Dammit!" and her hair gets all funked out.

[CAcyclist]

30. persecuted bicyclist

The only class left in the country where its ok for someone to threaten you or even hit you with a deadly weapon and they have a get out of jail free card that says I didn't see the bicycle (oh - pedestrians are this class too) .

700 cyclists and 2000-3000 pedestrians killed every year by car but we spend $40 billion a year -and that's just the federal component - so more cars can go faster and pennies for bicyclists or pedestrians.

[LeftyMom]

51. That happened to me

The lady claimed she never saw me when I made eye contact with her before crossing the street. She hit me, backed up, dragging my bike with her bumper and then started rolling forward again while pedestrians yelled at her to stop and I was banging on her car. I got a ticket in the mail later for failure to yeild.

[Solon]

31. Pagan...

Was beaten up by some guys near a CFM when I was younger for DARING to wear a pentacle. Being called "Satanist Boy" was rather rude as well. Oh well, I guess I had that coming, never wore it outside my clothes again, will tell you that much.

[gizmo1979]

32. I'am a smoker the most

persecuted group on the planet!

[franksumatra]

33. pot or tobacco?

only one is really perecuted

[gizmo1979]

34. I refuse to answer on the grounds I might incriminate myself!

[franksumatra]

37. me too, but I enjoy stinky cigars

even cig smokers hate me

[tom_paine]

41. Not persecuted, unless you count the general one of having our Free Nation

stolen by Totalitarian Thugs, with all that includes: untrustworthy voting, atrophied system of checks and balances, legalized theft for Bushevik Leaders and Cronies, etc.

But, no, that does not equate to direct persecution.

I for one am quite glad that, at least in the early stages of our transformation into Bushevik Orwellian Totalitarian Tyranny (whew! that's a mouthful) that we are not emulating Soviets, Nazis, Romans, or any other of the myriad forms of Totalitarianism people have faced, YET, at least with regards to persecution/violence.

Of course, I am a white guy, albeit a Jew, and so if the true hardcore persecutions begin (and I think once we as a nation put our feet on the road to Totalitarianism, no matter how much Kinder and Gentler than the previous incarnations, must eventually find it's way there), I very likely won't see it in the beginning.

And it sure as shit won't be on Corporate TV Pravda Infoganda.

"First, they came for the Communists. But I wasn't a Communist, so I ddn't speak out..."
--Rev. Martin Neimoller

But no, in the end...currently not persecuted.

[Spider Jerusalem]

43. I'm autistic.

And at various times autistics have been forcibly sterilised, sent to death camps, et cetera...

[cally]

44. None.

I'm not persecuted.

[greblc]

45. Scandinavians

This whole ruse with the Kensington Rune stone has gone on long enough!
Has anyone ever asked us how we feel about the Minnesota Vikings? If they didn't suck and played Football like the Historic Vikings pillaged, The team name might not feel so degrading. The Sven and Ole' jokes must stop! I'm a little frightend by Ikea stores too!

[knight_of_the_star]

77. Pagan

There are people who back Bush that would like to use me for firewood.

[Name removed]

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[greblc]

48. Television commercials kick the hell out of white men.

I haven't quite figured out what I did to personaly deserve it?

[NeoTraitors]

49. Democrat pretty much applies

these days.

[Shadowen]

50. I'm a man.

But I'm a man who loves books, learning, writing, and music. In short, I am an "elitist", even though I'm probably in the bottom 25% when it comes ot personal wealth.

I'm not persecuted, but I sometimes feel like I am when I see a story or event or group or movie that smacks of willful ignorance and anti-intellectualism.

Which is all too common these days.

Still. I'm white, I'm male, so I'm one of the privileged few.

[LeftyMom]

52. Pagan

Depending on where I choose to live, it might be a good idea to conceal my beliefs to avoid child services and possible state abduction of LeftyKid. Doubly so since we homeschool.

[AuntiBush]

53. Woman here!

Need I say more.

[Greylyn58]

54. Well......

I'm a liberal, 46 yr old, divorced, childless woman, out of work, animal loving, southerner who is struggling to finish school and get a better job.

:eyes:

[maveric]

55. I'm a stutterer. Job interviews are a terrifying experience.

Promotions on the job are almost non-existent.

[sakabatou]

56. Persecuted Geek and all-around walking encyclopedia

[More Than A Feeling]

58. Nope, no persecution here

I am hopelessly majority in every way, except that I am a Democrat (yes, yes election fraud, etc) Honestly, though, so far I haven't been persecuted (I did enjoy the stunned look on this one Republican's face when I told him that A. We should get out of Iraq right now and B. getting rid of Saddam did not make the world a safer place. I think he was shocked that someone dared to say something that went against what in his mind is the conventional wisdom. This same guy tried to tell me that Clinton should have resigned because adultery is against the ten commandments)

[Piperay]

59. I'm a Woman

over 50. x(

[sweetheart]

60. Buddhist, occasional cannabis smoker

There you go. Us evil, drug taking hippies, who are not in jail
speak up for all those who are incarcerated and otherwise not able
to speak up for whatever reason.

[franksumatra]

61. Every jailed pot smoker is a political prisoner

heavily and unjustly persecuted

[sweetheart]

67. Its true for all nonviolent "war on drugs" prisoners

The war on drugs is a contrived attempt to put the liberal fringe in
prison and to disenfranchise them from voting and opposing the criminal
murderers in the repuke/demopuke universe that support the filthy
drugs war.

Support cannibis law reform: www.mpp.org

[NickB79]

62. Gun-owning bleeding-heart liberal

You don't know tension until you pull into the parking lot of a shooting range before hunting season with Kerry/Edwards bumper stickers on your car, and you can feel the other shooters there staring at you. The fun part is seeing their reaction when you pull out an AR15 assault-style rifle complete with 30-rd magazine from your gun case! You can almost see the moment their brains explode as they try to make sense of what they just saw.

[franksumatra]

63. hilarious

gun stores are famously bizarre social hangouts, reminds me of slightly similar trips there.

[ComerPerro]

64. I don't really consider myself persecuted

Considering that I am a white, (somewhat) Christian, heterosexual male in his 20's.

However, sometimes I think the day may come when I may be persecuted for my liberal ideals. I suppose you could say it has happened already (Kerry sticker scratched, car keyed several times, grille broken, not to mention being shouted down by loudmouthed jackasses) but I don't really consider people that do that shit to be persecuting me. I just write them off as idiotic, sycophantic, dittohead freeper losers.

[annabanana]

68. LOL...."everybody hurts".....................eom

[liberal N proud]

69. I do not feel persecuted, I do through my heart out to those who

When I feel someone has done me wrong, I do ask WHY? but I usually come to the conclusion that I have done something to them or they are simply a poor misguided soul.
I do feel lucky in this world and a responsibility that I do not ever make another person feel persecuted (except my children and that is impossible with teenagers).
I do try to teach my children the same way, never persecute any one.

[sarcasmo]

70. I am a total of 5 on the list maybe I should be burned at the stake.

Liberal, Atheist, Conspiracy theorist, DU, and Native American/ Cherokee here.
Burn me at the Stake.

[Why Syzygy]

71. Not persecuted

but it feels good to say to those freeper voters .. well due to the REPUBLICAN government, we no longer have social services..
(this and that, etc.) .. happy now?

Yes. I will repeat it over and over until they get sick of it.

Dumb asses.

[Taxloss]

75. I don't feel persecuted, despite being an atheist.

There are morons who think I'm evil, but no complex has resulted. We in the UK are mercifully largely free of the religious bigotry infesting the US. You sometimes have to be careful about what you say, but the UK's 14% atheist and London is 16%, more than all the non-Christian religions put together, so we're too prominent to be ignored.

But there are occasional instance of bigotry. The last one that really got me riled was a letter in the Guardian (of all places) on December 24, which said "How will the athesists be justifying tomorrow's indulgence to their children?"

I replied: "We don't have to. That's your job."


ON EDIT: I do occaionally think people treat me unfairly because of my profession, journalism. You get people getting all arsey sometimes. Not really persecution.

[ScreamingMeemie]

76. I am a non smoker who is all for smokers' rights. Kind of blows your mind,

eh? If you ain't riding a bike to work...you got nothing that puts you above a smoker. :hi:

[journalist3072]

78. An African-American Woman

And per some idiot's post on Free Republic "Being Black, liberal and Democrat ain't cool and it certainly ain't where it's at!!!"

Well, 2 out of 3 ain't so bad. I'm black and a liberal. But I'm a registered Independent.

[mutus_frutex]

79. Atheists/agnostic..

But I don't really feel persecuted. Probably because I move in the very liberal, very open-minded academic environment.

If I moved to some other place I would probably be getting death threats.. :-)

Oh! and I'm legal alien.. But people don't realize that until I open my mouth..

[Chovexani]

80. Pick one.

Black, female, queer, Pagan, goth.

And a Mac user. :P

[parentalalienation]

81. non-custodial parent

my husband is a non-custodial parent, and his wife has relentlessly persecuted him since their divorce. She constantly tells their kids horrible things about him. They are not even allowed to call him "dad" when they are at home. They must call him by his first name, and his ex refers to him as "the devil". What can anyone do about it? Nothing, unless we go back to court and spend thousands of dollars so the judge will ask her nicely to stop.

It is called parental alienation syndrome. (www.helpstoppas.com)

non custodial parents are definately a persecuted group.