Reply #49: the answer you seek

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I believe that some of it could be generational but I don't see it that way. I've seen people like this in all colors, sexes, ages, etc.

You ask a complex question that I cannot answer. I can only give perspectives on how I see it and I don't think it is at all fair to try to blame all on one group.

Frankly, I think we have come far.

I can remember the days of the segregated buses and schools.

I can remember the day when a child could not attend schools because of their socio-economic status in society. I can remember the day that it mattered if you were a Catholic or a Protestant in the schools as well.

I remember the days that the Black person had to sit in the back of the bus.

I can remember the day when a racially mixed marriage was absolutely not allowed in our society; it was condemned and shameful at best.

I remember the day you could be lynched for being a homosexual.

I can remember the day that a woman could not easily obtain birth control products. I remember the day that abortion was illegal.

I can remember the day that you could get fired from your job for living with a member of the same sex; no one would ever admit to being "gay".

We've come a long damn way IMO.

As for the racists etc. that are left behind, let them stay where they are as the rest of us move along in life and continue to foster change.



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