You are right; the minorities always get trampled on. I personally believe everyone does it to a degree – the cynic that I am.
By the way, in the case you cited a local majority got themselves stomped by a notional majority. I am sure the good people of Alabama were not too happy about that. After all, a belief is only wrong if the majority feel that it is wrong.
By the way, we just happen to be living in a time of flux for this particular issue. Jump ahead fifty years and only the grey beards will even care. I wonder who will be Rosa Parks? Or, if this issue will be significant enough to merit one?
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Where did I put my boots?
Date: 2009-11-04 06:08 pm (UTC)By the way, in the case you cited a local majority got themselves stomped by a notional majority. I am sure the good people of Alabama were not too happy about that. After all, a belief is only wrong if the majority feel that it is wrong.
By the way, we just happen to be living in a time of flux for this particular issue. Jump ahead fifty years and only the grey beards will even care. I wonder who will be Rosa Parks? Or, if this issue will be significant enough to merit one?