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Re:MIT Faculty Votes for Statement on Freedom of Expression ... by matt-attack on Monday December 26, 2022 @10:20PM (#34144628)
Sheesh it entirely works both ways. 70 years ago most didn’t want to hear about equal rights for homosexuals. But after 70 years of discussion, celebrity, pop culture, expiration of the issue, society has basically done a 180.

The Majority is very often simply wrong.

In fact is, look at all progressive movements (those that you’d have to be pretty insane to dispute today). They all began with the majority opposing them. Women’s suffrage, civil rights, homosexual rights, etc.

Each of the movements responsible for those achievements went directly against the grain. You were crazy to side with any of those at certain dates in the past.

The most fascinating part is to think which movements haven’t occurred yet. Which topics are we all collectively wrong about. Whatever they are it’s the first amendment that will enable them to be rectified.

I have many ideas what these will turn out to be, but that’s another topic.

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