Tonight I was at book club enjoying the discussion of the book which lead to talk of other books and then movies made from books. One of the women brought up the Golden Compass. She was talking about some of the books her son was reading or was going to read the Golden Compass being one of them. As soon as she mentioned the book one the other women immediately said "You know the author is an atheist right?" She said it such condescending tone. The other women simply said that she was aware and the topic was dropped after a slightly uncomfortable pause. I was completely flabbergasted. It is one thing to object to the content of the book but totally different to object or discriminate against the author. If the woman had said "You know the author is catholic right" Everyone would have been shocked and appalled. That simply would not be an appropriate thing to say. Even worse if she had said "You know the author is black or Hispanic or Asian or the list goes on and on. However no one challenged her and in her mind what she said was completely reasonable and fine.
Now to make matters worse in my mind this women not five minutes earlier was talking about how appalled she was about the stereo types her kids (she is a counselor) believed in. In my mind discriminating against someone because they don't believe the same way you do is just as bad as her kids buying to stereo types. Both are forms are discrimination, why is intolerance of non-religion or religion more accepted?
What do you think about the issue?
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