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I think you are wrong. There are minor setbacks and reactions to liberalization of society, but ultimately the trend over the past many hundreds of years has b
by nextstep 8y ago
I think you are wrong. There are minor setbacks and reactions to liberalization of society, but ultimately the trend over the past many hundreds of years has been generally toward a more equitable and accepting society almost everywhere in the world.
Also, LGBT is definitely not a small minority interest and the more accepting society becomes, the more people realize that these issues are incredibly mainstream.
- gdfasfklshg4 8y agoI think you should study history related to gay rights over the last few centuries. Whilst we are currently in a better situation in many western countries the course of change has been anything but a smooth set of improvements.
- majewsky 8y agoWhere did you see GP implying a "smooth set of improvements"? They're explicitly talking about the big picture.
- gdfasfklshg4 8y agoI would hardly call the introduction of this law that has finally been overturned a "minor setback". Nor would I call chemical castration which happened in the UK in the 20th century a "minor setback". These are both pretty big picture.
- oytis 8y agoWe'll probably consider freedom and equality good things int the next centuries, but our ideas of what to call freedom and equality seems to be changing drastically from time to time. Not so long time ago people were fighting for more sexual freedom, it was even possible to produce a film about sexual love between underaged people (with underaged actors) for instance. Today we're introducing more rules about how people should sexually approach each other and paedophilia is an absolute taboo. And we consider this change a step towards freedom and equality again. So I wouldn't be surprised if our definition of freedom would deny homosexuality at some later point.