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Not true, at least on social issues, which is what the universities are getting burned for. Policy positions that were mainstream in 2000 are now painted as far
by lmm 2y ago
Not true, at least on social issues, which is what the universities are getting burned for. Policy positions that were mainstream in 2000 are now painted as far-right.
- jhbadger 2y agoThat's how society progresses though. Before 1865, slavery was mainstream and abolitionists were weird radical crazies. Before 1965, "Jim Crow" laws that said non-whites had to use different bathrooms and drinking fountains were mainstream, and people who opposed them were seen as unreasonable.
- lmm 2y agoAnd back in the 1960s a planned economy was normal and reasonable, and many progressives openly called for normalisation of sex with teenagers. Sometimes shifts in attitudes are progress. Sometimes they're just a random walk. Sometimes the left is right, sometimes the right is.
- Duwensatzaj 2y agoEugenics as in forcible sterilization of the “unfit” was similarly Progressive back in the early 20th.
- jhbadger 2y agoI'm not sure either of those are particularly progressive -- the current president seems to be a fan of tariffs, a form of planned economy popular in the 19th century (and condemned by most economists since, who favor free trade). And child brides are a common feature of many right-wing religious groups, argued on the grounds that that people (particularly female) traditionally married in their teen years.
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y ago> Policy positions that were mainstream in 2000 are now painted as far-right. Such as?
- jibe 2y agogay marriage?
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y agoPresumably you mean opposition to gay marriage?
- jibe 2y agoYes, opposition to gay marriage was so mainstream that even Barack Obama campaigned supporting Clinton's Defense of Marriage Act. Even in the Democratic primaries, as late as 2008, being pro gay marriage was seen as a liability.
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y agoI don't know that it's painted as far right as much as conservative (which it is) and by some as bigoted. The Overton Window moves. Upper marginal tax rates above 90% were not just a position but the actual law in USA during the 1960s, but now are seen here as "far left". Seatbelt requirements were initially felt to be over-intrusion by government, and are now seen by almost everyone as just common sense. And so on and so forth.
- ath3nd 2y ago> Policy positions that were mainstream in 2000 are now painted as far-right. Painted? Historically, there is a bunch of groups that were opposed to homosexual rights. I wonder how do you think those organization are "painted" on the political spectrum? - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_homosexuals_in_Nazi_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_homosexuals_in_... - https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9780230294158_9 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9780230294158_9 - https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-00994-6 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-00994-6 > Policy positions that were mainstream in 2000 are now painted as far-right. Maybe that speaks something about a country that still has the KKK, and allowed its African American population to vote in 1965, not even 40 years before 2000. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation - https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/white-supremacist-ideals-of-ku-klux-klan-still-active-in-us-historian/2974843 https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/white-supremacist-ideals-o...