People fighting for their rights always seems like an attack on the comfortable majority. At one point in history people were fighting to have two days off per

People fighting for their rights always seems like an attack on the comfortable majority. At one point in history people were fighting to have two days off per week, or to not have to work 17h a day, or to not have children working on machines or in mines. These moves we regard as proper and justified today were just as much an affront to the social norms as you feel this may be now.