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Bucky

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12. Society is a little more complex than a coin toss.

Reply to Courtesy Flush (Original post)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 01:08 PM

Aug 2012

It'll probably take 50 years, but two generations from now people are gonna look at homophobes' opposition to marriage and insurance equality issues the same way our generation looks at Jim Crow segregation.

Anyway, the example you cite shows a clear trend toward expanding civil rights in America. I think you may be working with a two-tailed quarter.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] Courtesy Flush Aug 2012 OP

I think your're all wet. We no longer have slavery and women can vote. sinkingfeeling Aug 2012 #1

Assuming these are independent events getting old in mke Aug 2012 #2

Especially since the "coin flips" on women's suffrage and slavery.... arbusto_baboso Aug 2012 #4

It's not "analysis." It's fucking satire. Courtesy Flush Aug 2012 #19

"Satire" needs to have an actual point.... arbusto_baboso Aug 2012 #20

The OP is a horribly false analogy (of the "coin toss" theory of history), but there is coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #11

It's not a coin-flip. Iggo Aug 2012 #3

I think you're confusing our Law of Averages with those on planet Kolob graywarrior Aug 2012 #5

I'm getting sick and tired of your anti-Kolobism. Bucky Aug 2012 #14

Your post is drivel. DURHAM D Aug 2012 #6

Yep. Even by the standards around here this one's extraordinarily inane. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #18

Will it happen at the ballot box or in the courtroom? badtoworse Aug 2012 #7

Don't Ask Don't Tell is no more. Gay marriages exists already in several states Lex Aug 2012 #8

It's not a random occurence TrogL Aug 2012 #9

The simple fact is that... Speck Tater Aug 2012 #10

Society is a little more complex than a coin toss. Bucky Aug 2012 #12

No TlalocW Aug 2012 #13

The will of the people is not dictated by chance or the law of averages bigbrother05 Aug 2012 #15

Okay, here's how I worded it on Facebook... Courtesy Flush Aug 2012 #16

These issues are not coming before the same population loyalsister Aug 2012 #17