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Pototan

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9. And the progress of civil rights

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #8)

Wed May 21, 2025, 08:36 AM

May 2025

The Civil Rights Act, the voting rights act, legalized same sex marriage.

My adult life began in 1970 (18 years old) and most of America's progress was accomplished from 1970 until 2016.

Look, I'll admit that too many Americans are racist, but we did make progress with both political parties until Trump won in 2016.

The America I grew up in worked toward justice until 2016.

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You tell me if this sounds like America [View all] Pototan May 2025 OP

Terror is the point. Celerity May 2025 #1

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Reminds me how my grandparents were constantly pestered by Stalin's NKVD Tommy Carcetti May 2025 #4

As unspeakably vile... GiqueCee May 2025 #5

Very much so. America was *built* on this kind of terror. People fleeing slavery, displaced Indigenous people, political WhiskeyGrinder May 2025 #6

It's new in my adult lifetime Pototan May 2025 #7

Your adult lifetime includes the government targeting civil rights leaders, cop raids on LGBTQ hangouts, WhiskeyGrinder May 2025 #8

And the progress of civil rights Pototan May 2025 #9

MAGAts are fine with government tyranny, as long as it harms people they hate Martin Eden May 2025 #10

America has committed atrocities before. It has violated the rights of people. It has targeted certain groups of people. Solly Mack May 2025 #11