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Old 11-10-2016, 12:18 PM   #998
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague View Post
I disagree. Bigotry and racism are on a steady decline and have been throughout my lifetime and it's never stalled. I did not think, eight years ago, that we'd have legal gay marriage or that the GOP nominee would vow to defend LGBT people during his acceptance speech and actually get cheers. Now, you can argue that they weren't declining fast enough for your liking, and I guess I'd agree, but the attempts to accelerate that rate of progress (including things like BLM) have now resulted in devastating blowback.
Well okay, but what's fast enough then? How many deaths/year to police brutality should BLM accept before they protest? I know that's a ridiculous loaded question and I don't expect you to answer but try to see it from their perspective.
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