Mr. blondboinsd
Your welcome to disagree. You have that right and please don't take offense but i said nothing about this country in my reply to "ylwjacket". Therefore you have no reference point to make the assumptions you make especially within the context of my comment.
Honestly my friend "blondboinsd" you don't have a clue regarding the quality of life of Black people during the 50's or 60's and I never said or eluded to ""American is dying" or any of the rhetoric you espouse.
I believe if you were to read my post carefully I quoted "ylwjacket" and his comments. So i would thank you for not putting words in my mouth.
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Originally Posted by blondboinsd
I disagree, I think this country's constant evolving isn't necessarily bad.
I wouldn't want to go back to the 50's or 60's for all the money in the world. Yeah I'm sure it looked good but it wasn't and cherry and pie.
At some point In the past, I could be killed for being exactly how I was born, Black People's quality of life was zero and Jewish People we're persecuted and driven from their homes. We moved Chinese/Japanese Americans into internment camps. We have a lot of stuff we used to think was ok that finally now we realize is not.
This is one of the main reasons why the collective opinions of the people are often wrong. The collective will at one time thought it was ok to send Chinese/Japanese American's off to a camp, they thought it was ok to kill me for being gay and they think Black People and Women shouldn't have any rights. Lucky for us, the majority no longer think that way, but they DID. Shameful huh?
This is why I was SO opposed to Prop 8 in Ca, I don't have anyone I want to marry but I realize it's our duty as American citizens to always fight for Everyone to have an equal shot at equality. Saddly we saw what happened when the collective will of the people is focused on Hate and their minds are closed. This is why it will be overturned, because it's wrong.
I don't condone persecutions of Churches, I think everyone is entitled to believe as they wish UNTIL they come and tell me I don't deserve to be equal, then I stand up and fight.
So I understand this whole "American is dying" mentality, but it's wrong, we are better off now because of the protections so many of previous decades fought for. Yes we are in a crisis, yes it's doom and gloom, but we are going to get through it and we will be ok.
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