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LWolf

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1. Neither. I think.

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Fri Mar 29, 2013, 01:37 PM

Mar 2013

An advocacy group has a goal. Generally, many it advocates for support that goal. To a group with a goal, the goal can be more important than the means, and the majority carries more weight than the minority. That's logical.

An individual is a complex being with a pov based on background knowledge and experience, which is unique to that individual. They aren't obliged to conform.

In my opinion.

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When a member of a minority group doesn't agree with advocacy groups, whose opinion has more weight? [View all] Poll_Blind Mar 2013 OP

Neither. I think. LWolf Mar 2013 #1

I frequently trash the gay establishment Prism Mar 2013 #2

I agree, but how exactly do members of a minority group do that? Poll_Blind Mar 2013 #7

In a nutshell, we flip out. Prism Mar 2013 #8

That's awesome, actually. I think more people should do that. DUers have generally... Poll_Blind Mar 2013 #9

The leadership crossed a bright line Prism Mar 2013 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Prism Mar 2013 #10

The one with the better argument. JVS Mar 2013 #3

Unfortunately, there's a lot of conflicted subtext hidden in "better" HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #5

How do you determine who has the "better" argument when, for instance, a member... Poll_Blind Mar 2013 #6

I like to take in all views and form my own opinion. Starry Messenger Mar 2013 #4