I mean it was obviously a powder keg that went off

but still

it does seem that .. things that were previously fine are suddenly front page newsworthy

the world changed. probably a tone of parallels to the Vietnam era

there is still the occasional old crack style article here and there

when the ads don't break the webpage

Cant be bothered to swim through shite for a decent read.

yup "person turns down another for sex" is now "person is transphobic for not having sex with transgender woman"

And the problem is, the far left is probably going to see a day where the right pushes back so hard that they end up at square 1

we've reached the other side and become authoritarian... telling people who they should be attracted to

and the old liberal left are now "far right nazis"

I suppose that depends on what you consider to be square 1

except theyre liberal.. and left.. 😛

Like back to when people started using slurs again, horrifying I know.

Back to when women cant ask for abortions on taxpayers dime.

Oh the humanity.

the people who championed free speech are now "free speech extremists"

The left used, to be the ones for free speech

Or more specifically, freedom of expression

MLK is obviously a nazi because he wants everyone to be treated equally...

Thats the side that baffles me to be honest.

when really affirmative action and segregation is the "progressive" way

tbh, i think this is just the natural flow of things. Its really hard to determine what the exact middle is, and very unlikely to stay there, so you swing in between one extreme to the other. When it gets to far on the one side, people push back towards the other side, but they keep looking back so they don't see when they have crossed the line in front of them until a different group of people pushes back

I mean, republicans got along without that,

Like first black congress man? First woman in a govt position? Both repubs

but muh switching sides

Wait... Cant recall the exact term

those were really democrats member

projection?

dude republicans were assassinated by the KKK... how many dems were assonated by KKK?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Rhodes_Revels

it was a republican that wrote the 13th amendment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannette_Rankin

it was a republican that freed the slaves

Going through the list.

well that was inevitable with pressures from the brit empire increasing navy presence - but werent there some against it? some republicans and some democrats?

I think it was more economy based rather than a partisan issue

And Id imagine they differed on reason

liberation of the slaves was totally a strategical move, not a moral one.

at least in the US

What was the strategy behind that?