“It’s about protected classes getting legal or social leniency from repercussions for illegal or harmful behavior because they are different.” that’s not what the protected classes are about. There may be some BORDERLINE situations such as some religious practices but MOST of the protected class laws exist for the very obvious reasons; normal folks don’t treat them right in employment and in the public sphere as they would each other.

“It’s about protected classes getting legal or social leniency from repercussions for illegal or harmful behavior because they are different.”
that’s not what the protected classes are about. There may be some BORDERLINE situations such as some religious practices but MOST of the protected class laws exist for the very obvious reasons; normal folks don’t treat them right in employment and in the public sphere as they would each other.