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Originally Posted by MattyC
People with outdated and hateful opinions that express them publicly SHOULD be shamed.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.
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Using guilt to accomplish anything does not work in the long run. People who use guilt are people who don't have enough intelligence to make a valid argument to help the person see their point of view. People catch onto that and they fight back, all public shaming will lead to is a whole lot of people with anger bubbling under the surface waiting to explode.