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Originally Posted by Batty
If this were 10 years ago, that would be very spot on. We do have to address the fact that society has changed a lot since those days that you reference. If we have a Democratic president (and we do) we have to seriously consider that the tide has changed (and it has). What bothers me is that the current trend in politics is kinda like a hipster movement. The whole "change" thing, like we just want to change more so than actually considering what our endgame is with the change.
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The end game is to fix all the outdated policies and laws that aren't representative of freedom, equality, and the rights granted to people in the US Constitution.
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We have a black president... not only can gay people get married but just by admitting you're gay now makes you a "hero"... confederate flags are banned... the majority of folks are cool with abortion... and so on and so on.
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Confederate flags aren't being banned except in government institutions. Being gay makes you oppressed, and standing up to the adversity of being oppressed does make you brave. Not coexisting with oppression, but fighting against it and for yourself, makes you brave.
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Is there anybody here that doesn't plainly see how the oppressed could ultimately one day be the oppressors themselves?
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If you're implying that white, straight, Christian folks are going to be oppressed against you're out of your goddamn mind.
We're moving towards tolerance not a new majority.
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Personally I don't know enough about history to talk about much of anything in the past outside of broad generalization or what I research on the spot
I don't think former political stances of a Party are really relevant once the people that actively hold those positions retire