Do you think everyone should be treated the same?

You're ignorant as fuck if your answer to this is no. Everyone should be judged by the content of their character. I doubt you'll find a no answer on this forum.

 

Definitely 100%

 

Technically no. For example, people with learning disabilities may require special instruction. But for the most part yes. I guess I'm ignorant as fuck for caring about others.

 

*smile*

I think you're being a bit literal about the topic. When people ask this, they tend to do so in the sense of whether or not people should be treated negatively or disadvantaged because of their traits (or others preferred).

 

Absolutely, why shouldn't they? Unless if they're, like, evil or whatever, lol.

 

That's reading a bit too much into the question there, bud.

 

Essentially yes. But it would be a lie to say that I do treat everyone the same. I'm a product of society, and as such, there are accidental preferences that I give to certain groups.

I'm usually unintentionally more polite to strangers who are women than those who are men. I also let rude things women say to me pass, where as discourteous comments from men are more likely to get a reaction out of me. If you're a senior citizen, I will probably censor myself around you. If you're a Leafs fan, I'm 75% more likely to use ":dry:" in conversations. If you're a homophobe, I probably won't put in as much effort to make you like me.

 

I'm kidding for the most part. I do understand the superficial context in which the question is being asked. However, if it's really being asked in the superficial "should people not be treated bad because of certain qualities" way, what is the point of asking? We all would agree that people should not be treated poorly due to things out of their control. I'm which case, the thread lacks much value.

But to be serious, this is a question that, taken in the literal sense of "different treatment" (neither negative or positive), deserves a more complex answer than a simple "yes." Of course we shouldn't be racist, sexist, "insert whatever"-phobic, etc, but some people do deserve different treatment -- we have handicapped parking and pathways for people who are physically less capable of mobility than other people. This is different treatment related directly to the "disability" portion of the OP. I could go on even about how you need to treat different cultures differently in order to be respectful... Blah blah

 

I find that people prefer to be treated as social equals by people they don't know. It's usually the most respectful way to behave toward a stranger of either sex, whether that person is rich or poor. Approaching a new person, the first thing that I try to remember is that, regardless of that person's social status, I don't know that person. I don't know that person's worth, intentions or potential.

I feel comfortable with can deviating from strict equality when I have a functioning relationship with that person. People who care about each other and like each other often, although not always, sort themselves into "defender" and "nurturer" style roles. In a relationship, I'm more of a nurturer, so if I really like a guy, I respond well if he tries to be chivalrous and protective. I'll snuggle up to him, reassure him, fuss over him anxiously, mother him, and try to make him feel good, and it works out.

The way I see it is that, if you don't know me very intimately, then I can see you as either my equal or as an insect. Those are your options. Pick one, and stay in that role until I have gotten to know you well enough to decide whether or not I want to perform the emotional equivalent of fellatio on you, which I like to do for someone that I know and love, just not for someone I'm not really sure about.

The way I see it, I see egalitarianism as a way of respecting another person's space. If a person wants to acknowledge you as anything other than a fellow member of the human race, then that person will let you know. I think that, if you don't respect that, then you quickly lose even that status. Even if a person seems to be uneducated or to suffer from a learning disability, you don't know that person, and that's the first thing you need to realize.

 

I think you should start out treating sometime the same in your relationship with them, but in regards to treating everyone the same in a society- I think it's good to give protection to certain types of people, which is by definition treating them differently. And relationship-wise, as you grow closer or farther from that person, of course you'll start treating them differently from any other person, because you know them better, whether that means you'll act more harshly or more kindly to them. So in a way yes, in a way no.

 

If only humanity were an angel, but we have done the best and absolutely the worst for this world and that's our fault. I'm thinking about the Roof shooter and his rascist rampage. Does he deserve to be treated the same? Yes, but he will not be in reality because he's already being portrayed as "troubled, mentally ill, evil".
An equitable society is an ideal; it is too perfect and has little to do with the reality of the manner.
So i'll say no, not because I'm ignorant, but because I'm more skeptical than most.

 

I treat everyone I interact with with the same kindness & acceptance. Whether I just engage with them for a few seconds or I've known them for years. We all have struggles, of some sort & I don't want to add to someone's burden.

 

Ok whenever anyone asks this question people get something wrong. It's all very well to want to treat people 'the same' but this doesn't actually mean they're being treated equally. Every single person in this world has individual needs that need to be considered. If everyone was treated 'the same', there would be no such thing as disabled access because we'd all get told to use the same entrance, despite the fact that there may be steps, and someone might be in a wheelchair. But everyone gets the same so that's fair right?

We should absolutely be seen as individual people and not lumped together as clones of each other.

 

Actually, I am going to say no. I interpret the question of whether everyone should be the same as being a question of whether everyone should have equality. I would say no to this, because I favor everyone having a basic degree of equity instead. To illustrate my point is a comic:

 

No, people should not be treated the same. People should be treated equally.
There is a difference. The "same" ignores the subtleties of human diversity and assume every one have the same needs and wants, share the same ideals and beliefs, living similar lives and circumstances. Treating people equally means treating people differently based on their unique conditions so that everyone can stand as equals.

EDIT: I meant equity, as above

 

Yes, everyone should be treated respectfully.

 

I think everyone should be treated equally.

Happy days

 

I don't think the semantic difference between "equity" and "equality" has much bearing on this discussion.

People should be treated equally in a general sense, and be given access to the same opportunities and the same legal consequences. Obviously we don't treat everyone "the same" because everyone is different. But in a general sense, I know what you mean.