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It's no secret that practically every other demographic group in this country has elements that believe their ( perceived or not ) rival demographic group oppresses them/discriminates against them/so forth and that they are the underdog/victim/so forth ...
Which ( IMHO ) begs the question of doesn't every demographic group dish out things other demographic groups can complain about just as/similar to as much as it receives in reverse ?
I'll be giving my take on this soon enough and I look forward to reading y'all s responses .
That's a tough sell when 76% of the Country is White and has a history of Slavery.
Jus say'in.
But yes,...everyone has the capacity to be jerks to anyone. Playing the race card is easy so it gets abused.
I don't mean to come off as snarky or anything , but the present day demographic groups that have major issues with each other are hardly solely racial in character ...
I mean the current divide between Republicans and Democrats , Right and Left Wingers , Urban and Rural people , etc. , more than completes the picture IMHO .
Social conservatives have been much more successful about using the government to infringe on basic liberties of others and that hasn't/won't be reversed.
Fiscally? Fiscal conservatives don't have any meaningful power and both Republicans and Democrats love to spend our money.
Class? Those with the power/money do a great job at turning everyone else against each other while they take an ever increasing percentage share of the productivity generated by the middle class.
Social conservatives have been much more successful about using the government to infringe on basic liberties of others and that hasn't/won't be reversed.
Fiscally? Fiscal conservatives don't have any meaningful power and both Republicans and Democrats love to spend our money.
Class? Those with the power/money do a great job at turning everyone else against each other while they take an ever increasing percentage share of the productivity generated by the middle class.
May I ask how exactly have social conservatives been more successful at infringing on basic civil liberties than others ? I'm asking because , while I certainly concur that our civil liberties have been very much infringed upon for some time , I see no real evidence of social conservatives being the culprits what with same sex marriage having been legalized and state level laws concerning drug possession/use having been loosened in recent years .
I most certainly agree with your other two points , though I must say that I'd be really interested in reading your opinion of whether or not different demographic groups ( whether they be of a political , racial , ethnic , religious , etc. , nature ) since it seems you haven't mentioned that issue .
May I ask how exactly have social conservatives been more successful at infringing on basic civil liberties than others ? I'm asking because , while I certainly concur that our civil liberties have been very much infringed upon for some time , I see no real evidence of social conservatives being the culprits what with same sex marriage having been legalized and state level laws concerning drug possession/use having been loosened in recent years .
Those are recent developments and have not "given as good as they got" by outlawing different sex marriages or criminalizing just being straight. Which I presume is the meaning of your question, an equal and opposite turnabout.
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I most certainly agree with your other two points , though I must say that I'd be really interested in reading your opinion of whether or not different demographic groups ( whether they be of a political , racial , ethnic , religious , etc. , nature ) since it seems you haven't mentioned that issue .
Largely the same deal here. While there have been advancements in liberty on those lines it surely has not been an equal swing in the opposite direction where the oppressors are now oppressed. Need better clarification on the question if that's not what you meant.
I don't understand the question. It was cut off. I think even the word "thin" was cut in half.
Ah my apologies for the awkward wording ...
Basically what I'm referring to is the phenomena ( if you will ) of different mainly size able demographic groups ( like f.ex right and left wingers ) sparring with each other in a number of different ways , while simultaneously accusing the other side of oppressing/discriminating against them/and so forth .
In other words everyone knows that plenty of right wingers and left wingers like to accuse the other camp of being the problem/holding them down , the same way plenty of white people and black people like to accuse the other camp of being the problem/holding them down .
My question is isn't everybody dishing out and taking plenty of ( for lack of a better term ) " bad " at the same time ?
In short aren't we all assailants and victims at the same time ?
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I hope this elaboration will clarify things a bit and thanks for bringing that mistake of mine to proper attention .
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