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You say yourself it is an undertone, and certainly there is a very bipolar nature to American culture. That doesn't mean it can't change for the better. Gay sex
by ojbyrne 12y ago
You say yourself it is an undertone, and certainly there is a very bipolar nature to American culture. That doesn't mean it can't change for the better. Gay sex has gone from something that once was the most heinous possible thing imaginable to something that's being accepted in even the most conservative of states. Marijuana is now legal in 4 states (and a district) and only a minor infraction in several others. Both these things wouldn't have been imaginable 20 years ago.
The one thing the country is, is dynamic. It changes a lot quicker than many other countries.
- toomuchtodo 12y ago> The one thing the country is, is dynamic. It changes a lot quicker than many other countries. As the population "ages out" (older people with different societal mores die out, are replaced with younger folks), these changes occur. If you check out the exit polls for Florida for their recent medicinal marijuana ballot initiative, the 65+ age cohort was 62% against/38% for it. Compare that to the 18-29 age cohort (79% for/21% against). http://cnn.com/election/2014/results/state/FL http://cnn.com/election/2014/results/state/FL I leave it to the reader to calculate the "run rate" at which time ballot measures such as these pass based on actuarial data in various states.