EXACTLY

Aug. 6th, 2010 03:01 pm
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Borrowed from [livejournal.com profile] ajslj:

In 1787, the majority of people in this country thought African Americans were worth only three fifths of a human being. In 1887, the majority of people in this country thought Interracial Marriage was an abomination. In 2008, the majority of Californians thought marriage should only be between a man and a woman. Just because the majority of people in this country agree with you doesn't mean that you are right, it just means that a lot of people are wrong.

Date: 2010-08-07 01:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] velessa.livejournal.com
It'll take as long as it takes. How long did it take the Jews to stop being a persecuted group of people? Oh wait...

Date: 2010-08-07 01:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] randyandrews.livejournal.com
So are blacks if you go to the right part of the country. But my point was mainstream ideas. In the mainstream western world, people are ok with Jews.

Date: 2010-08-07 04:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] velessa.livejournal.com
I don't know what your definition of mainstream is. Gays are most certainly mainstream accepted pretty much in every forward thinking western country I can think of. That still doesn't matter, the point is that they are HUMAN BEINGS and therefore are entitled to the exact same rights as any other citizen. The majority cannot use laws to oppress a minority.

Date: 2010-08-07 04:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] randyandrews.livejournal.com
On this point we can certainly agree. There are a lot of laws that the majority wanted (or at least the people the majority elected wanted) that are entirely dumb. That's the biggest problem I see in this country today. Too many laws. People aren't expected to take responsibility for themselves anymore. They want mother government to come in and do everything for them.

I mean, lets get down to the real point here, most Americans are idiots. The majority rule idea is a terrible one. People hate what congress does, yet they get re-elected 80%+ of the time. I mean to me, if I don't like what my elected leaders are doing, I do something to oppose them. Right now that something is at the ballot box. I pray to God it stays that way. But on the original point about congress, people don't like what congress does, therefore they don't do anything to change it.

I mean a few people got together and elected Obama. But it seems to me he is doing more of the same thing Bush did, or in some cases he's doing even worse than Bush did.

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