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Originally Posted by Tuna
You're probably right. I guess I overestimate the average American's intelligence.
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America's rough political center, taken as a country, is pretty much racist, capitalist christian white males. I'm afraid its going to be quite some time, if it happens at all, before the changing political climate (Increases in atheist demographics, greater equality for men and women, greater equality for ethnic groups), develops into a force that can genuinely influence a candidates choice of political platform away from that and more towards a secular, non-misogynist and non-racist viewpoint. To say nothing of any real pro-LGBT representation anywhere within government at all. Not necessarily even an elected LGBT poltician persay, but rather a politican that at least genuinely empathises with and will vote in accordance with a pro-LGBT belief out of basic human decency, which I don't believe is currently the case. Or rather, it could be the case, but it would be political suicide on a national stage (thanks to america having so many extremely bigoted but politcally important demographics) so its kept very low key so as to not ruin chances on the campaign trail in a politicians later career.