Equal actually means the same, though in the wrong hands equality becomes something that applies to people the way it applies to numbers. Outside of numbers there is no better than, worse than, greater than, less than, superior or inferior in terms of people (or products/
merchandise). Equal actually means two things being the same when it's not twisted into
something else (better than, worse than). So if somebody is a prude, and somebody else is equal to them, since they are the same, they are both prudes. In reality, while no one is better than anyone else, no two people are the same, each person is different. Never trust anyone who always preaches about equality, because someone like that would like to be
what you are instead of being what they are. Bach wasn't really different, he had to steal his brother's work to make himself look different, but it wasn't his own different skin he was in.
Hitler put a lot of effort into trying to be worse than other people, yet he would have killed somebody for thinking they weren't like them, even if that didn't make them better. So while
you know that each person is equal
in the sense that no one is more or less human, what do you call a guy that tries to be the worst besides a coward? And if everyone is equal
in the sense that they are the same in value, doesn't that make everyone else cowards also? At what point do you notice there are some noticeable differences between you and this reptilian guy/girl. There are things that they would do that you don't do, and there are things that you do that they don't, despite you both being of the same human race. You don't have to agree that you're the same as somebody else because they would like to be the same as you, you can stand against bullshit like that.