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>Now, I know that tribal politics do not scale exactly to national politics, but do you think there is a point where we can say that some group of people have had their say, and then some and it's time for them to shut the fuck up so we can carry on with our god damn business?

Now look back at the fight for racial and gender equality as well as gay rights and tell me how hypocritical you think you sound.



The people fighting for racial and gender equality, and gay rights, had to face a hell of a lot more adversity in getting a fair hearing, than anyone on the far-right has ever had getting their views in the mainstream for policy consideration. I'm talking about a minority which by the indulgence of the elites coupled with a desire for decorum from centrist liberals, has been able to achieve a great deal more than you would expect from their numbers.

I mean one of the groups you mentioned above is actually the fucking majority group (women). Their struggle for a position in society and a voice in the public discourse is not comparable to that of the far right, because on the face of it they should be dominating the discussion, and are not. Likewise black people may not be the majority, but they should not be subjected to fire hoses (and much worse) if they try to vote. And so on.

And I'll point out that none of those groups actually got anything substantial until after the majority agreed with it. They never drove policy like e.g. the evangelicals do despite being a minority of the population and wanting something most people didn't care for.

I'm not saying people shouldn't be given a voice, I'm saying that when a group is consistently given a voice and policy impact way out of proportion to their numbers (and necessarily at the expense of other groups), that it is fine for society to react to that especially if no legislative action is involved.




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