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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
My god, can you not follow a discussion?
I stated I think the change of opinion is not as great as some people think because people have a fear of public shaming. Then someone showed support for public shaming and I countered with why I feel public shaming is a bad thing.
It's like you are trying to not understand
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People with outdated and hateful opinions that express them publicly SHOULD be shamed. A public display like a pride parade gaining enough popularity and support that it forces bigoted people to keep it to themselves is a far cry from people doing an interweb pile-on complete with personal attacks and threats.
No one is banging on these people's doors with signs that say "Accept gay or go away!", or threatening violence on them. It's is their new-found knowledge that their opinion may not be in line with the progression of everyone else that makes them keep it to themselves, and that's a good thing. That shaming isn't public, it's their own shame that leads them to keep quiet. At best, it shows an actual change in that person, at worst, it keeps hateful rhetoric out of our culture.