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Originally posted by Displaced Flames fan@May 27 2005, 05:13 PM
Agreed...but to me, and this may be way off base, the more people point differences out the more steps we take back as a society. Bigots see the attention and it fuels more bigotry. If we suddenly have a black President for example....or maybe a better example....an MVP black QB in the NFL and nobody says "Hey, he's black or hey, he's gay" then the bigots lose. That's my theory anyway.
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I totally agree. The absence of bigotry is when it is as though there is no separation whatsoever. When we don't have to have these kinds of stories anymore is because there is no audience for them...when the entire population of North America (or wherever) goes..."so?"
However, we're clearly, as a species and as a demographic, not at that point. Until that point comes I think these stories serve a purpose; as you increasingly show the tolerance of the average population, I think tolerance amongst the intolerant starts to increase as well.