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“Fight the Power” rap groups were incredibly popular then, and enjoyed a lot of support across races. The movement for same sex marriage started in earnest the
by jimbokun 5y ago
“Fight the Power” rap groups were incredibly popular then, and enjoyed a lot of support across races.
The movement for same sex marriage started in earnest then.
Feminism didn’t start in the 2000s.
All of those groups had a lot to say in the 90s, and the norms protecting free speech enabled them to say it, even when it was unpopular.
- gilbetron 5y agoAnd they were "canceled" like crazy. People spoke up about all these issues, and were fired, beaten, jailed, killed, and worse. But a white dude totally could say what he wanted to, kinda.
- noduerme 5y agoThis is a really toxic, ahistorical attitude that pays no attention to the many individuals of all races and genders who sacrificed for greater equality. It also fails to address the situation of a nonwhite person now who is cancelled for disagreeing with woke sloganeering, or explain how that's justified just because someone else was evil to someone else in the past.
- gilbetron 5y agoI disagree. Believing the 90s were more free speech and ignoring the context of that era is the toxic, history-ignoring attitude. That's not to say we don't have problems currently, but it is better than it was in the 90s, overall.