StarDoor said:
Alara317 said:
What's there to explain? Republicans in power often have a problem with gays, have a problem with black folks, have a problem with mexicans, have a problem with women being in power, and just seem to have a problem with any sort of social progression and actively campaign against it.
Tradition over progression seems to be a staple campaign podium for them to preach from. I mean, look at it realistically, isn't 'idyllic 1950's americana' what many republicans seem to be striving for? a time when women, gays, and blacks were all considered second class citizens.
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Aside from conflating Republicans with the right, (establishment Republicans fully subscribe to the left's worldview, and haven't done anything to push back leftism for 60 years,) your mistake is in believing that "progression" is inherently good regardless of the circumstances. Would it be a good thing if we legalized pedophilia, an oppressed and marginalized sexual orientation, for example?
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You're not very good at the 'logic' thing, are you? I said nothing about legalizing everything, and especially not pedophilia. Taking something I've said and inflating it to the poind of absurdity is a logical fallacy, either the stawman argument or, in this case, the 'slippery slope fallacy'. There are and will always be limits to how far something can go, and I'm not and never will say that all things should be legal, but there is a progression in this world towards a more inclusive world view.
Black folks are...gasp....real people. Women are equals to men, gays don't deserve to be hated for their orientation. These are all insances of progression over the last seventy years, and they all include the basic tenents of individualism in that they treat the individual as an individual and not as a representative of a group. Every case taken on its own. Every person their own and not just part of a collective.
Which is exactly what social progression should be, one issue at a time in the right direction.
I'm frankly appalled that you're permitted to make such crass claims and push such ludicrously faulty logic to make a point that has no foundation, and you're not being....ahem....lynched for your poor choice of words. And if this is the kind necessary hyperbole that republicans need to do to discredit their detractors, then your party truly is lost, or should be treated with the respect that any equally petty and immature child would be. As in, very little.
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