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Originally Posted by Red Slinger
I don't think you can look at a handful of years and state that anything is "very clear" as a result. The western mainstream right-wing parties still regularly and loudly claim to represent family values, etc. If we're talking about noise from the internet than I agree with your point, but I think they are different things.
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When they do, they lose more votes than they gain. A Canadian politician expressing sentiments about sex, gender, and family that were perfectly acceptable 10 or 15 years ago would render himself unelectable today.
We're in the midst of the most rapid social change the world has seen. It's not far off the mark to say those for whom the changes aren't rapid enough are revolutionaries, radicals who expect ideas to go from academic speculation to public tolerance to public norm to state law in the space of a couple years, and see any delay in that progress as motivated by malice.
Humans don't work that way. Not everyone is plugged into the internet 20+ hours a week, keenly attuned to rapidly-evolving social values and expectations. You're not a bigot if you don't pick up on the latest letter added to the LGBT chain within 60 days.
Most people are neither progressive zealots nor socially conservative troglodytes. They're reasonably tolerant people who just want to be left alone.