Goofle

You have anything to back that up? Or do I just have to believe that older Americans are largely massive flaming racist, as opposed to being nostalgic or legitimately thought America was better in the 50's.

Maybe the 50's was better for them. Maybe their experience was more communal and fun. These kind of attacks only furthers people's dislike of Liberals/Leftists that use shaming tactics to win arguments, as opposed to facts and objective reality.

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Janszoon

Legitimately thinking the US was better in the 50s and being a flaming racist aren't mutually exclusive things.

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Time & Place

25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die

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Goofle

Exactly.

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Chula Vista

Well the Jim Crow forced segregation laws weren't fully abolished until 1964 by the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

RoxyRollah

YOU realize the Democratic party is largely in part responsible for that **** right? You also realize that the average American didnt make those laws right. Also EVERYONE from the Chinese to the Irish has had some sorta law, act or discrimination against them in this country. So Im not understanding yer not shuting the **** up about the CIVIL RIGHTS WE ALREADY HAVE FOUGHT FOR PEACEFULLY AND WON. (btw Im not yelling Im passionate but the internets I guess caps means yelling).

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Chula Vista

I wasn't blaming a party. I was saying that there was plenty of racism in the 50s.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Janszoon

You were positioning those things in opposition to each other.

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Time & Place

25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die

last.fm

rostasi

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Goofle

Both can be true at the same time. My objection was the implication that these people wanted to go back to the 50's specifically because it was a more racist society. There's a certain lack of nuance in that line of thinking.

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rostasi

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