Sympathy for Minorities Simply because they are Minorities

The Australian society is one that is very liberal. In being liberal, it is one that places a strong emphasis on empowering minority groups. However, many people forget that majority groups can become victims at the hands of those in the minority groups. The flipside of this is that, minority groups become empowered by virtue of their status as a "marginalised", "victimised" and "disadvantaged" minority. Minorities can escape blame for violence, abuse or insults directed against dominant groups. Dominants groups cannot. I am not for a moment saying that it is a game of dominant  v minority, but the modern Australian media and the progressive radical left have made this the case.

The sympathy shown to minorities simply because they are minorities is based on the erroneous, naive assumption that minorities can do no harm. Minorities can do much harm, and in fact, more harm that dominant groups. Take this example. Many people assume that women cannot commit violence. That is not true at all. Statistics show that women are equally likely to commit violence. Feminists may (naturally) criticise this statement as one that is based on social expectations and roles of women. However, the truth is that no one should be acting violently towards any person in the first place. This has nothing to do with gender roles whatsoever. Laws have been put in place to protect women, but not men from domestic violence and custody disputes. Women in Australia have been able to escape blame in broken down child custody disputes. Men cannot simply because they are expected to be loyal to their wives, whereas women who leave their husbands are assumed to be suffering at the hands of their husbands.

 Sympathy for minorities simply because they are minorities is evil. It is discrimination that is worse than that perpetrated by dominant groups because it allows people to escape blame. The progressives say this is "equality". The truth is that it is anything but equality.