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"Progress towards what, exactly?" It wasn't until the 1960s that segregation in public places was made illegal. 1990s that the ADA prohibits discrimination aga

"Progress towards what, exactly?" It wasn't until the 1960s that segregation in public places was made illegal. 1990s that the ADA prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities. It wasn't until the 2010s that gay marriage was legalized, and 2020s that it was ruled you can't discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. It took decades for many marginalized communities to be legally even allowed to have certain jobs due to their gender or color of their skin, and now those qualities are yet again being used to prevent them from employment under the implication that anyone who isn't a straight white male is a DEI hire.

NoMoreNicksLeft 2y ago
>It wasn't until the 1960s that segregation in public places was made illegal. 1990s that the ADA prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities. It wasn't until the 2010s that gay marriage was legalized, and 2020s that it was ruled you can't discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. All of that sounds wonderful to you, I'm sure. I don't even know what "gender identity" is supposed to mean though... it's one of those shared cultural delusions that is opaque to those who aren't a part of the culture. You believe it to be a real phenomenon because others believe it with you, and you wouldn't really fit in if you didn't. And "gay marriage" is laughably sad. That's your victory of progress? It will be nice to see it all rolled back. Pendulums swing.
- WhyIsItAlwaysHN 2y ago
  The year is 2025. You have an internet browser. Look up the concepts you don't understand. How are you so certain about a phenomenon not existing when you have no idea about it? Do you apply the same filters to everything else you don't understand? Also be careful with wishing for "progress" to be rolled back. First it's other peoples' freedom to live their lives how they want to and then it's yours.
  - NoMoreNicksLeft 2y ago
    >Look up the concepts you don't understand. Looking it up wouldn't help, because these aren't objective phenomenon. They're just nonsense. It'd be like trying to understand what it feels like to be a schizophrenic by reading the wikipedia page. My inability to understand is just a way of framing something for you... to show that, in many ways, we don't even live on the same planet. And I don't want to live on yours. I don't want to become the schizophrenic, so to speak. >How are you so certain about a phenomenon not existing when When you're outside of it, it's plainly clear. To the person who isn't a schizophrenic they can be 100% certain that there are no voices to hear. It's not the CIA blocking the mind-waves beamed down from the government satellites... it just doesn't exist. Not that my assertions can convince the crazy guy. >First it's other peoples' freedom to live their lives how they want to and then it's yours. If you bothered to reason through that, you'd see it for being false. That must not be true for everyone, even in the imaginary scenarios you have nightmares about. For some, at least, sometimes they really do just stop when they're done doing what they wanted to do, and cross no other lines. I'm pretty confident which side of the line I stand on. Find more sophisticated propaganda, I suppose, is the only advice I have for you.

NoMoreNicksLeft 2y ago

>It wasn't until the 1960s that segregation in public places was made illegal. 1990s that the ADA prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities. It wasn't until the 2010s that gay marriage was legalized, and 2020s that it was ruled you can't discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. All of that sounds wonderful to you, I'm sure. I don't even know what "gender identity" is supposed to mean though... it's one of those shared cultural delusions that is opaque to those who aren't a part of the culture. You believe it to be a real phenomenon because others believe it with you, and you wouldn't really fit in if you didn't. And "gay marriage" is laughably sad. That's your victory of progress? It will be nice to see it all rolled back. Pendulums swing.

WhyIsItAlwaysHN 2y ago
The year is 2025. You have an internet browser. Look up the concepts you don't understand. How are you so certain about a phenomenon not existing when you have no idea about it? Do you apply the same filters to everything else you don't understand? Also be careful with wishing for "progress" to be rolled back. First it's other peoples' freedom to live their lives how they want to and then it's yours.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 2y ago
  >Look up the concepts you don't understand. Looking it up wouldn't help, because these aren't objective phenomenon. They're just nonsense. It'd be like trying to understand what it feels like to be a schizophrenic by reading the wikipedia page. My inability to understand is just a way of framing something for you... to show that, in many ways, we don't even live on the same planet. And I don't want to live on yours. I don't want to become the schizophrenic, so to speak. >How are you so certain about a phenomenon not existing when When you're outside of it, it's plainly clear. To the person who isn't a schizophrenic they can be 100% certain that there are no voices to hear. It's not the CIA blocking the mind-waves beamed down from the government satellites... it just doesn't exist. Not that my assertions can convince the crazy guy. >First it's other peoples' freedom to live their lives how they want to and then it's yours. If you bothered to reason through that, you'd see it for being false. That must not be true for everyone, even in the imaginary scenarios you have nightmares about. For some, at least, sometimes they really do just stop when they're done doing what they wanted to do, and cross no other lines. I'm pretty confident which side of the line I stand on. Find more sophisticated propaganda, I suppose, is the only advice I have for you.