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This is true also for social changes. Homosexuality, at least in my country, is an example. When I was a kid at school, 20-30 years ago, it was frowned upon and
by Al-Khwarizmi 7y ago
This is true also for social changes. Homosexuality, at least in my country, is an example. When I was a kid at school, 20-30 years ago, it was frowned upon and used as an insult. Now it's totally normal and no one except fringe extremists would use it as an insult. And as far as I know, there wasn't any Rosa Parks-like event that triggered the change (factually or symbolically), it just creeped in.
- mikeash 7y agoIt’s the same in the US (assuming “my country” is elsewhere). The triggering event is generally considered to be the Stonewall riots, which happened before I was born. Seems like a big event dislodged things, but then it took a long time for the change.
- maxerickson 7y agoIt's not really fringe to be homophobic in the US though. There's lots of people that are blatant about it, and then lots of people who know they are supposed to think something other than what they do think.