That's a false equivalence. Because something would be offensive if said to, for, about, or in the name of Group A does not necessarily mean that it would be offensive if said to, for, about, or in the name of Group B, even when Group A and Group B are generally thought of as the two different kinds of Purple Beings.
"I wouldn't get on any bus with a driver wearing a cross" is different than "I wouldn't get on any bus with a driver wearing a turban."
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Date: 2008-01-12 04:12 pm (UTC)"I wouldn't get on any bus with a driver wearing a cross" is different than "I wouldn't get on any bus with a driver wearing a turban."