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Given a post that is a real-life anecdote of a complex ethical situation and an associated claim about its type, verify if the claim is true or not. The claim asks if the posts are historical or hypothetical. The posts are "HISTORICAL" when the author has already done something and they are "HYPOTHETICAL" when the author is considering doing something in the future. Say 'yes' if the claim is true otherwise say 'no'
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CLAIM : The following post is HISTORICAL. POST : So I was raised Catholic but I don't consider myself one. 

My parents are Catholic and tonight during midnight mass my youngest brother went up and recieved the bread/body of christ. Thing is though he hasn't had his first communion yet. 

For those who don't know Roman Catholics literally believe that the bread and wine become the body and blood of christ. You have to take a class in order to be allowed to receive communion. 

I don't agree with this which is why I left the church (among a few other reasons) but I respect it that I don't go up and receive communion because I know many devoted Catholics who truly believe in it.

My parents (who say they are devoted catholic) says that it's okay to receive communion without going to class while I said no.  They said that I was being too rigid and "a pharisee" because I was saying they should follow this. I can understand not following EVERYTHING in any religion but this is literally one of the biggest things in Catholicism so I felt like this is one of those things which they should respect and follow. 

Am I the asshole? 
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yes


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CLAIM : The following post is HISTORICAL. POST : Here is some background:

My (18f) best friend (18f) was born in Korea but was adopted by white parents as an infant. She does not speak Korean or know anything about the culture/traditions. (I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that or that it makes her any less Korean.) She makes an obvious effort to separate herself from other Asian people in our school and constantly makes fun of stereotypically Asian things (eg. anime, k-pop, eating rice, getting good grades, etc.). If anyone calls her out on this she gets defensive and says she "can't be racist towards her own race". HOWEVER, her "jokes" are never about/toward herself (self-deprecating) but instead aimed at others (borderline bullying). She acts like she is above other Asian people because she has white parents.

I want to make it clear that I do not think my friend is truly racist or a bad person. I have always chalked this behavior up as her being deeply insecure about her race/adoption. I have never confronted her about this (maybe I should, but I feel as though she would just get defensive), but whenever she makes rude comments I try to counteract them without being belligerent (eg. "Her eyes are so squinty" "I think her eyes are really pretty").

Now, onto the topic in the title. My friend recently told me that she applied for scholarship/grant money intended for students from Asian backgrounds. I feel like it's shitty to reject and ridicule a culture only to later use it for your benefit--even if that culture happens to be your own. I tried expressing this to her in the nicest way possible, but she called me racist and said that I had no right to tell her what she could or could not do in regards to her race. Is she right? Was it even my place to say anything? AITA?
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yes


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CLAIM : The following post is HISTORICAL. POST : I had thought I recently met two lovely people who happen to be homosexual. However, as I got to know them I soon began to dislike them. It seemed like they had to make it painfully obvious that they were gay. I felt like every other sentence they tried to squeeze in "Being a gay woman." and various other things such as that. it made me very uncomfortable, I don't have an issue with gay people but I wouldn't go as far as to say as I support them. We're all human, if you're gay then you're gay. Just keep me out of it, is all I ask. After this continued for awhile I decided to try and subtly hint at them that they were mentioning they were gay far too frequently.  


  
When that didn't work, I resorted to telling them beliefs on the subject and I was quickly resented, being called homophobic and unaccepting of them. (Even though I /clearly/ said I do accept them for their sexuality. I would just appreciate it if they didn't annoyingly mention it ever few minutes! Am I the asshole for this?
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yes


