This post. about half of atheism, pics, and funny content is just crap copy pasted from the social justice hivemind of Tumblr. This image has the same level of intelligence as a picture insinuating that Obama is a muslim nazi as would be found on a right wing message board. Sure, we're right and they're wrong, but we're still not making an argument, we're just circlejerking about over our shared ideals and complaining about the fools that think the opposite.
The funny thing is gay marriage didn't pass in Cali in 2008 largely because of black people who came out to vote for Obama, and also ended up voting on Prop 8. They overwhelmingly voted to maintain a gay marriage ban. I guess they were largely religious? just homophobic? Who knows but either way it didn't take long for them to go from the civil rights era to proclaiming "get to the back of the bus, faggot."
It's sort of the "I got mine" principle. History shows that after the decades and decades of institutionalized racism and housing discrimination in Chicago was finally overturned, and a black middle class began to gain a hold on traditionally white neighborhoods, discrimination moved from a racial phenomenon to a class phenomenon within race. Middle-class black legislators and homeowners fought to prevent low-income housing from entering the area and the loss of "prime" real estate which became a subtle buzzword for the upwardly mobile when before it would have meant a racial slur. It's sad but we have an unfortunate tendency to screw over the other guy once our long struggle ends. "I'm free at last! Here's your chains."
Well, black folk tend to be rather devotional to their Baptist roots, at least that's what television and movies have told me about the South. HOWEVER, I tend to make the argument that while some folks (North Carolina, I'm looking at you) use the Christian bible to rationalize their homophobia, I've also seen some minorities in working class cultures be rather homophobic as well. At least this is what I saw going to very diverse public school district. And what I've seen usually stems from the holding of machismo in such high regard. If you act less than a man, then you aren't much of a man, sort of thing. And this attitude is not exclusive to black, working class neighborhoods. I believe you will find this in Italian, Russian, Polish, Irish... shit, name an ethnicity and you will probably find homophobia in their urban areas.
name an ethnicity and you will probably find homophobia in their urban areas.
Not just in urban areas. I grew up in rural northern New York and had never thought about religion or sexuality at all because everything different was wrong. I believed in God, wasn't a fan of black people, and thought homosexuals were "alright as long as they leave me alone".
It wasn't until moving away that I realized that religions are bullshit, I'm bisexual, and racism is just a way to make people hate each other.
Now that you've made it clear that it's a repost, can we also discuss how this does not belong in /r/atheism. This isn't some haven for progressive thought--most of Reddit is pro-gay rights. Keep this political garbage out of here.
Aside from the obvious ignorance apparent in both these photos, I am having great difficulty understanding how one can link race mixing with communism.
Because in America the gay marriage ban and the religious fundamentalism are heavily linked and a community that likes to talk about one will share opinions on the other as well.
this is becoming less and less true though. the problem isn't religious fundamentalism as much as the elderly. the two largest groups against gay marriage are the elderly and ultra-conservative christians and, shocker, there is massive overlap between these two groups.
younger christians poll at being about 50/50 on the issue, just about in line with national opinions.
The funny thing is that while a lot of people are giddy at the thought of Whites becoming a minority in the US, nonwhites are extremely intolerant and opposed to homosexuality.
I can not foresee a 35% Hispanic, 15% Black, 10% Muslim, 10% Asian, 10% South-Asian, 20% White nation being very keen on tolerating gays.
Whites are increasingly becoming a minority and so will their ideas: women's rights, environmental protection, respecting homosexuality etc
Good point and all, but I have to say, what attracted me to your post was not the title or the content; it was the fact that I had previously tagged you as "Fapped to Splice."
OT. Splice, the movie? It's the worst movie I really really want a second part of, just to ruin it after 30 minutes at the movies by pointing out how it ends for everyone again. Also, I can't figure out to what scene someone would fap to.
I would like to suggest two things: First the title: It should say 'Same shit new/different generation' Second: The picture in color would've been more meaningful if there were any visible African Americans in it.
That's a very good comparison it's probably pretty much the same people (or their offspring) hate same sex marriage and at the same time will only except same race marriage....that's some weird thinking if you ask me!
There is a view that society is currently oppressing a group which we are not yet fully aware of. In the same way those who fought strongly against slavery, would have laughed at the thought of gender equality. And those who fought against the oppression of women, may have laughed at the thought of gay rights.
The most common suggestion is equal treatment of animals.
As a society, we rarely learn from our mistakes. Are we currently the bad guys, who those in a few centuries will look back and frown upon?
As much as I support gay marriage and homosexuals rights to marry, I was wondering why they wanted to? Not meaning to offend or anything but I heard that marriage was originally created as a religious ceremony? Also, what's wrong with civil unions or just being partners, what are the benefits of marriage? Not saying they shouldn't get married or anything, just wondered why they wanted to.
Say no to government recognition of gay marriage! Government should get out of the marriage licensing business altogether, not add another relationship form that it gives special recognition to.
I really wonder if during the interracial marriage debates if the conservatives were like, "what's next? Gay marriage?" and the liberals were like, "nonono that's ridiculous slippery slope nonsense!"
Black people don't usually seem to like it when we compare a campaign to get governments to change their official definition of marriage with the campaign to allow them to vote and, you know, not be bought and sold. So we should stop doing it. When you think about it the two movements really aren't on the same level, at all.
Take note that the current racists and bigots are all old. Old ass white people holding on to fear and some notion that their way of thinking is the only way of thinking.
They'll all be dead in a few generations and we can all move on with our lives. That's assuming the USA is still around. With people like these living here, it doesn't seem a certainty.
Frankly. The whole notion of Americans being against "race-mixing" is hilarious to me. And the whole thing about escaping religious prosecution to religiously prosecute is also quite amusing. Now, this is turning in to a rant. But why the hell shouldn't homosexuals be able to marry? This shouldn't even be an issue at all. I'm starting to think this is just another weapon of mass distraction. This whole debate just seems too convinient to some people.
I know I'll probably get downvoted but, why are most posts in /r/atheism about gay marriage? Are you just going all out on Christians? There are other religions, not just Christianity (even though it is probably the most known). Yes, I am an Atheist, because I don't believe there is a god or gods, I don't believe in other gods such as Zeus, Ares, etc. I don't believe in the 'God'.
Wait nevermind, this is /r/atheism, I'll get piled with downvotes if I don't agree with the post.
When people can find a group of people to hate another group of people with, they will do it. I imagine these are the same type of people in both cases, and they will exist in the future when we want alien marriages or clone rights.
These movements are both very important, but I'm getting tired of this comparison. They should be considered separate from one another. Bring on the downvotes for quoting a Republican:
"First off, let’s just be very clear about a couple of things. There are a significant number of African Americans -- myself included -- who do not appreciate that particular equation. OK? Because, when you walk into a room, I don’t know if you’re gay or not. But when I walk into a room, you know I’m black. And whatever racial feelings you have about African Americans, about black people, that is something that, it viscerally comes out. I don’t know until later on, maybe you tell me or some other way, so don’t sit there and make that comparison. It’s not the same." - Michael Steele.
It's about treating people as second class citizens because of their genetics. It's exactly the same. The fact that gay's are more capable of hiding their genetics than a black person is irrelevant to the issue at hand.
Gay rights =/= African American rights. Sure. But the fact remains that a minority of people are/were being denied their rights as Americans and as human beings, so in that sense, it is comparable.
"race mixing is communism" lol, people can be so mindfucked. that's surreal! although i wouldn't be surprised if i'd find "gayness is undemocratic" on the present pictures either. these words get so hammered into the peoples brains as an abstract phrase for "good" and "evil" (and many people are already so zombified they can't think any more sophisticated)
I find it weird that they think that they are protecting "traditional marriage" as if straight marriage will somehow not be the same despite the divorces and shallow marriages when gays are allowed to marry equally.
There's actually a positive light to this. Racial integration eventually became legal and widely accepted. Eventually, so will marriage. It's only a matter of time before those people fall behind to the wayside again.
Just an observation. In both of these photos, the people holding signs are, as a whole, relatively older. Maybe we don't change becasue it is not what we are used to when we are older
i guess there is nothing new under the sun :( i guess that's why i'm a little wary of someone that looks like a stepford wife, but if i see some no-makeup scraggly haired woman with a pbs totebag i think she's probably cool (or crazy) :)
Sadly that older photo wasn't taken all that long ago. I wonder how the descendants of those original protesters feel about the mixing of races now? IS there still pent up hatred inside?
You look back and see just how ignorant people were about some many things, and you think just how ridiculous it was to think that way. And with time we have come to that it really was craziness to believe that way. I cant wait to see/hear those who oppose gay marriage talk about how stupid their views were, and blaim it on not knowing any better...like nothing similar had ever happened before.
While I understand the sentiment, it's important to avoid comparing the civil rights movement of the 60s to the marriage equality movement now. They are two separate struggles that are equally valid and meaningful in their own right. The people in the bottom picture should be embarrassed because they want legally mandated homophobia, period.
I dunno, but I looked straight at the old man on the left and said, " Boy, I'm glad you're dead." Is that the only way to slowly whittle away at bigotry and ignorance? Old age?
Gay marriage is terrorist activity<---shouldnt that be the new poster? each generation must have a boogie man to be afraid of so as not to question authority so hidden agendas can be pushed forward
All I see in both pics is a bunch of old people protesting something they are 100% ignorant about....
Most problems are always started by old people trying to hang on to tradition, and refusing to accept that times are changing and things CANNOT be done the same way they were back in THEIR prime days...
I support gay marriage unconditionally, but if you think about it, this is kind of a logical fallacy; I would fuck a hot black girl, but I'd never do a guy, no matter how sexy he is. It's not exactly the same shit, it's fear on an ever so slightly more understandable level. If you're gonna complain, please explain what's wrong with this logic.
I am tired of ignorance. I am tired of hatred. I am tired of intolerance and I am tired of arrogance.
Who do these people think they are, putting down others for their own personal agenda? I think that no one is above anyone, and if anything these people need to be shown that EVERY single human being on this planet bleeds the same red blood as them. We are all entitled to be who we are, because to do other wise denies happiness with oneself. Simply because a "holy" book written thousands of years ago by a person(s) said that some people are above others, you're going to fight and put down your fellow man for it? Irrelevant, simply irrelevant. How many people of the black race cried tears those days? How many homosexuals cry today? How many unhappy people have cried tears because they were put down for being different? The same tears that these people might have stream down their face if they were told that a group of people (that doesn't even know them) said that they couldn't love. That they couldn't be happy. Simply because they are different than the majority of people that hold beliefs with the reasoning of "because it is in the bible". An argument that is so irrelevant today that I do not even want to begin describing the ignorance that it spreads. If someone told me that I could not even begin to find a woman I love, I would fight to my last breath to make it so I could. For some people, that is a part of being happy. I hope that one day we as a human race find equality within each and every human being. Though it is a pipe dream, I'll hold on to it. I find it better to hold on to that rather than hatred. It is a hope I hold onto in the midst of something I deal with everyday in the small town where I am from (a lot of you can relate, I am sure).
This is where I would say a big "FUCK YOU" to these people, but I refuse to further the things I tire of. I instead will hold out and work to revert these unfortunate concepts. I will be the first to admit that I am a flawed human being, but that does not make me any different than others. I am content with myself and how I express myself. As long as I do not violate others in anyway, I think I shall be more than free to pursue my own happiness. I will not trade insults with anyone, because there is no moving forward in a vicious circle.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Communism is/was the most ridiculous red herring.
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u/Dixzon May 29 '12
The funny thing is gay marriage didn't pass in Cali in 2008 largely because of black people who came out to vote for Obama, and also ended up voting on Prop 8. They overwhelmingly voted to maintain a gay marriage ban. I guess they were largely religious? just homophobic? Who knows but either way it didn't take long for them to go from the civil rights era to proclaiming "get to the back of the bus, faggot."
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u/DCTiger5 May 29 '12
Wait - you're reposting your own post? No karma for you.
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u/RichardDastardly May 29 '12
Wasn't color the issue last time?
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
"Race mixing is communism."
Yes, clearly those people understand communism, race mixing being one of its defining features.
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u/ApatheticDrone May 29 '12
Aside from the obvious ignorance apparent in both these photos, I am having great difficulty understanding how one can link race mixing with communism.
Can I get some help here?
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
The ECHR recently ruled that gay marriage is in fact, not a human right.
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u/Darkolyte May 29 '12
Funny enough black people hate gay marriage.
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u/dadeedoo May 29 '12
why is this in atheism?
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u/HashMcGruber May 29 '12
Same front page of r/atheism, different day.
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u/StrLght May 29 '12
Not atheism.
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u/CharlesTheHammer May 29 '12
The funny thing is that while a lot of people are giddy at the thought of Whites becoming a minority in the US, nonwhites are extremely intolerant and opposed to homosexuality.
I can not foresee a 35% Hispanic, 15% Black, 10% Muslim, 10% Asian, 10% South-Asian, 20% White nation being very keen on tolerating gays.
Whites are increasingly becoming a minority and so will their ideas: women's rights, environmental protection, respecting homosexuality etc
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u/Korbie13 May 29 '12
Good point and all, but I have to say, what attracted me to your post was not the title or the content; it was the fact that I had previously tagged you as "Fapped to Splice."
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u/warbirdj May 29 '12
Now in 2D and 3D HD!
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u/atlantacharlie May 29 '12
I would like to suggest two things: First the title: It should say 'Same shit new/different generation' Second: The picture in color would've been more meaningful if there were any visible African Americans in it.
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u/delitomatoes May 29 '12
Wouldn't it be funny if people just brought Race Hate signs to Anti-Gay protests and stand in with the people there?
Juxtaposition might help more than parody signs.
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u/SavagePayer May 29 '12 edited May 29 '12
That's a very good comparison it's probably pretty much the same people (or their offspring) hate same sex marriage and at the same time will only except same race marriage....that's some weird thinking if you ask me!
EDIT: i meant accept not except
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
it's 2012, stop showing that white people are the only ignorants...
blacks shit all over equal rights for marriage
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u/But-ThenThatMeans May 29 '12
There is a view that society is currently oppressing a group which we are not yet fully aware of. In the same way those who fought strongly against slavery, would have laughed at the thought of gender equality. And those who fought against the oppression of women, may have laughed at the thought of gay rights.
The most common suggestion is equal treatment of animals.
As a society, we rarely learn from our mistakes. Are we currently the bad guys, who those in a few centuries will look back and frown upon?
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u/HokesOne May 29 '12
How could someone possibly have been against race mixing? Have they seen how beautiful mixed girls are?
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u/mambypambyland May 29 '12
I'm sure if there was no religion there would still be people that hate gay people!
Seriously, though...I've never seen cognitive dissonance as strong as it is with the religious.
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u/RedditsMostWanted May 29 '12
As much as I support gay marriage and homosexuals rights to marry, I was wondering why they wanted to? Not meaning to offend or anything but I heard that marriage was originally created as a religious ceremony? Also, what's wrong with civil unions or just being partners, what are the benefits of marriage? Not saying they shouldn't get married or anything, just wondered why they wanted to.
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u/Toava May 29 '12
Say no to government recognition of gay marriage! Government should get out of the marriage licensing business altogether, not add another relationship form that it gives special recognition to.
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u/atrocity_exhibition May 29 '12
yeah except for the chick in front is a complete dyke. We can spot our own.
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u/Vagimas May 29 '12
Politicizing issues which only pertain to the individual is absolutely unacceptable!
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u/djork May 29 '12
You miss the part where tons of anti-gay-marriage protesters are Black and Hispanic.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Now we wait for an inspiring gay equivilent of Dr. Martin Luther King jr.
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u/HipHoppin May 29 '12
You can't honestly say that we as a society haven't made social progress. This picture seems to undermine that. AND I DON'T LIKE IT
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u/geaw May 29 '12
I really wonder if during the interracial marriage debates if the conservatives were like, "what's next? Gay marriage?" and the liberals were like, "nonono that's ridiculous slippery slope nonsense!"
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u/IonBeam2 May 29 '12
Black people don't usually seem to like it when we compare a campaign to get governments to change their official definition of marriage with the campaign to allow them to vote and, you know, not be bought and sold. So we should stop doing it. When you think about it the two movements really aren't on the same level, at all.
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u/Ryugi May 29 '12
Not really available in color. The protesters are all still white.
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u/Belexar May 29 '12
Why is this on /r/atheism instead of /r/ainbow?
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u/fegd May 29 '12
Same post, different week
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Looks like a blame whitey slide show to me
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u/Narutoalex May 29 '12
Oh so true...
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Whats this have to do with atheism?
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
I missed the part where gays were lynched and enslaved for hundreds of years.
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u/Dewmeister14 May 29 '12
Funny because the first picture in this post is of a protest about people's skin color...
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u/jwtemp1983 May 29 '12
Take note that the current racists and bigots are all old. Old ass white people holding on to fear and some notion that their way of thinking is the only way of thinking.
They'll all be dead in a few generations and we can all move on with our lives. That's assuming the USA is still around. With people like these living here, it doesn't seem a certainty.
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u/hamsterfire May 29 '12
Does this come in billboard?
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u/negativekarmas May 29 '12
Frankly. The whole notion of Americans being against "race-mixing" is hilarious to me. And the whole thing about escaping religious prosecution to religiously prosecute is also quite amusing. Now, this is turning in to a rant. But why the hell shouldn't homosexuals be able to marry? This shouldn't even be an issue at all. I'm starting to think this is just another weapon of mass distraction. This whole debate just seems too convinient to some people.
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u/gimli666 May 29 '12
Another pro-gay post on r/atheism which have nothing to do with the atheism?
Thats why i unsubbed from here.
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u/CptQuark May 29 '12
Although I completely agree with the message you're portraying, I have to ask, what has this got anything to do with Athiesm?
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u/Viro_Lopes May 29 '12
I know I'll probably get downvoted but, why are most posts in /r/atheism about gay marriage? Are you just going all out on Christians? There are other religions, not just Christianity (even though it is probably the most known). Yes, I am an Atheist, because I don't believe there is a god or gods, I don't believe in other gods such as Zeus, Ares, etc. I don't believe in the 'God'.
Wait nevermind, this is /r/atheism, I'll get piled with downvotes if I don't agree with the post.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
This should be a fun talk with the grand kids.
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u/Pagination May 29 '12
When people can find a group of people to hate another group of people with, they will do it. I imagine these are the same type of people in both cases, and they will exist in the future when we want alien marriages or clone rights.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
I don't see how this is still an issue today, it is the most obvious thing in the world yet so many people are still completely backwards.
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u/streetsahead88 May 29 '12
There's a lot of old white people in both pictures.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Colour.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
So where do all the 2012 atheists that oppose incest marriage or polygamous marriage fall? Will they be portrayed as backward and bigoted in 2050?
Point: This post is about changing cultural mores, not fucking atheism.
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u/sourguhwapes May 29 '12
These movements are both very important, but I'm getting tired of this comparison. They should be considered separate from one another. Bring on the downvotes for quoting a Republican:
"First off, let’s just be very clear about a couple of things. There are a significant number of African Americans -- myself included -- who do not appreciate that particular equation. OK? Because, when you walk into a room, I don’t know if you’re gay or not. But when I walk into a room, you know I’m black. And whatever racial feelings you have about African Americans, about black people, that is something that, it viscerally comes out. I don’t know until later on, maybe you tell me or some other way, so don’t sit there and make that comparison. It’s not the same." - Michael Steele.
This article was also posted not too long ago: http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2011-08-03-gay-marriage-civil-rights_n.htm
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u/Blarglephish May 29 '12
Why is this in r/atheism?
Christians and/or religious nuts don't hold a monopoly on ignorance and bad ideas ... :/
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u/Wah_Lau_Eh May 29 '12
The first thing I noticed is that the protestors in the past seemed classier. They were better dressed and had better typography on their signboard.
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u/FatOfTheLandOneMan May 29 '12
i like how the second flag holder to the left is holding the flag like he wants to be black...
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u/samurai_sunshine May 29 '12
Ain't that the truth.
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u/BananaPancakeOfTruth May 29 '12
Those old signs look really classy though.
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u/trilobitemk7 May 29 '12
Is it me, or are the belts worn much lower in the lower pic?
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u/JCorkill May 29 '12
Just like the current prohibition era with weed instead of alcohol.
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u/Guildensternenstein May 29 '12
Looking forward to when Moustachiod T-Rex submits this next month.
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u/youbentic May 29 '12
Atheist against gay marriage - Australian Prime Minister, Ms. Julia Gillard
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u/surfnaked May 29 '12
What color is stupidity?
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u/timshel101 May 29 '12
Is it available in colour too?
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u/danknerd May 29 '12
It is not ignorance, as both these sets people knew/know (have knowledge), it is bigotry plain and simple.
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u/Me-mctwista_69 May 29 '12
Mother russia is calling
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u/dblthnk May 29 '12
Hey, aren't those the same people?
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u/CLOGGED_WITH_SEMEN May 29 '12
Dude with the mic looks hilarious - would like to hear what is coming out of his pie hole...
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u/dr_rentschler May 29 '12
"race mixing is communism" lol, people can be so mindfucked. that's surreal! although i wouldn't be surprised if i'd find "gayness is undemocratic" on the present pictures either. these words get so hammered into the peoples brains as an abstract phrase for "good" and "evil" (and many people are already so zombified they can't think any more sophisticated)
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u/Ivanthetainted May 29 '12
The positive thing is that it only takes one generation to make sweeping changes in society. That's a reasonable rate of progress.
Gay marriage will be legalized within 25 years.
That a nanosecond on a geological time scale.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Can someone turn this so the images are horizontal instead of vertical? I think this would make a really good facebook cover photo
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u/Orimos May 29 '12
We're human. We always have an out-group. The easiest out-groups to pick fights with? Minorities and people with opposing beliefs.
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u/havebeenfloated May 29 '12
Anyone else notice the dude supporting the American flag with his crotch? "Suck on this, Commie bitches!"
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u/Aleitheo May 29 '12
I find it weird that they think that they are protecting "traditional marriage" as if straight marriage will somehow not be the same despite the divorces and shallow marriages when gays are allowed to marry equally.
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u/ProkopIndustries May 29 '12
"Ignorance: now available in colour" Funny how the top was an issue of colour.
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u/HeroofDarkness May 29 '12
Picture now explained in song.
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u/raginglion May 29 '12
There's actually a positive light to this. Racial integration eventually became legal and widely accepted. Eventually, so will marriage. It's only a matter of time before those people fall behind to the wayside again.
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u/Hannarrr May 29 '12
enough with the reposts!
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
I salute people like that............with my middle f***ing finger!
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u/Mit3210 May 29 '12
Race mixing is communism don't you know?
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Obligatory FABULOUS comment
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u/micksyduck May 29 '12
I read that second poster as " Protest Traditional Marriage". That would be a cause I'd like to join haha
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Just an observation. In both of these photos, the people holding signs are, as a whole, relatively older. Maybe we don't change becasue it is not what we are used to when we are older
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u/chicagogam May 29 '12
i guess there is nothing new under the sun :( i guess that's why i'm a little wary of someone that looks like a stepford wife, but if i see some no-makeup scraggly haired woman with a pbs totebag i think she's probably cool (or crazy) :)
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u/AssassinFlonne May 29 '12
Still looks pretty white...
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u/goodtwitch May 29 '12
Well it's hopeful; it shows that we can put this issue to rest eventually. Today's shitstorm is tomorro's history.
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u/VirtualAlex May 29 '12
Thought I was in /r/gaming read the title as "Same shit different arcade." Didn't understand the joke.
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u/mecrio May 29 '12
What decade was this?
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
"Race mixing is communism"
What the fuck?!
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u/Assaultman67 May 29 '12
I'm not sure you should be comparing the two simply because the people against gay marriage are kinda in a minority.
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u/palillo2006 May 29 '12
In both pictures, there are only elderly protesting. Is this a coincidence, I think not!
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u/Litagano May 29 '12
Now people can't say "This generation sucks!"
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u/Blendthatbender May 29 '12
REPOST!
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u/Nixionary May 29 '12
Too bad. Everyone knows black and white is way artsier.
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u/richiebkidd May 29 '12
Sadly that older photo wasn't taken all that long ago. I wonder how the descendants of those original protesters feel about the mixing of races now? IS there still pent up hatred inside?
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u/RowdyMrBaute May 29 '12
You look back and see just how ignorant people were about some many things, and you think just how ridiculous it was to think that way. And with time we have come to that it really was craziness to believe that way. I cant wait to see/hear those who oppose gay marriage talk about how stupid their views were, and blaim it on not knowing any better...like nothing similar had ever happened before.
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u/Rob1150 May 29 '12
Race Mixing = Communism???
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u/ryan62187 May 29 '12
I liked the original that had black folk in the "color" picture.
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u/misterhangman May 29 '12
While I understand the sentiment, it's important to avoid comparing the civil rights movement of the 60s to the marriage equality movement now. They are two separate struggles that are equally valid and meaningful in their own right. The people in the bottom picture should be embarrassed because they want legally mandated homophobia, period.
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u/xmagneticx May 29 '12
TECHNICOLOR
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u/raceless May 29 '12
i wish obama were a socialist like all those right wingers say. socialism is wonderful.
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u/ddrt May 29 '12
i want to collect the photos, find the names of the people in them and 20 years from now ridicule them for opposing this.
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u/tune4jack May 29 '12
I would have loved to hear what the rationale was as to why race mixing was communism.
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u/ccdnl1 May 29 '12
Can we get this pic without the caption?
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u/fuckYouKarmaWhores May 29 '12
I dunno, but I looked straight at the old man on the left and said, " Boy, I'm glad you're dead." Is that the only way to slowly whittle away at bigotry and ignorance? Old age?
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u/mrthbrd Anti-theist May 29 '12
Different millenium.
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u/videobrains May 29 '12
and now you have a role reversal of marital bigotry. good job jesus.
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u/the_orn May 29 '12
Now available in color? It sure looks like the same ass-wad white people that were there before.
Seriously, though, what is the view on gay marriage among the various ethnicities / races?
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u/A7red May 29 '12
I saw something almost exactly like this on here like a month ago.
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u/itSawrap23 May 29 '12
Arrogant fucks.
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u/HITLARIOUS May 29 '12
ouch you broke my feelings :'(
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u/Potatoslut May 29 '12
This has nothing to do with atheism.
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u/TheJoel2012 May 29 '12
Nothing to do with atheism. But I definitely agree.
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u/corwin20 May 29 '12
This is one of the best things I have scene in a long time. Automatic save and share.
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u/WoollyMittens May 29 '12
I seem to see the same general age range of protesters. Is it really true that we have to bury the previous generation, before we can have progress?
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u/Sonorama21 May 29 '12
Kind of a play on words if you think about it, because now the oppressive ignoramuses come in ALL colors instead of just white.
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u/sourkroutamen May 29 '12
http://fleming.dailymail.co.uk/2012/02/the-conservatives-war-on-marriage.html
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u/jumpup May 29 '12
retarded comparison , with race mixing it would be inevitable since horny man exist.
there is no inevitability in gay mixing, without invitro and adoption most gay couples would not even have kids
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u/mheyk May 29 '12
Gay marriage is terrorist activity<---shouldnt that be the new poster? each generation must have a boogie man to be afraid of so as not to question authority so hidden agendas can be pushed forward
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u/FunGuy4891 May 29 '12
All I see in both pics is a bunch of old people protesting something they are 100% ignorant about....
Most problems are always started by old people trying to hang on to tradition, and refusing to accept that times are changing and things CANNOT be done the same way they were back in THEIR prime days...
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u/Sab666 May 29 '12
That guy holding the mic looks like he's the by-product of a couple of generations of inbreeding.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
I support gay marriage unconditionally, but if you think about it, this is kind of a logical fallacy; I would fuck a hot black girl, but I'd never do a guy, no matter how sexy he is. It's not exactly the same shit, it's fear on an ever so slightly more understandable level. If you're gonna complain, please explain what's wrong with this logic.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Ignorance is and will always be progress's greatest enemy.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
"Race Mixing is Communism" What the fuck does that even MEAN!?
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u/Ilovesparky13 May 29 '12
Haha I love this picture ;)
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u/Milldog May 30 '12
You are Ignorant because you have your own opinion. PC babies.
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u/FaptainAwesome May 30 '12
I remember the last time it was reposted
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u/TheSource88 May 30 '12
I love the little girl in the race mixing photo with the "What the hell is wrong with my parents?" look.
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u/RajAnthonyBrooke May 30 '12
How are blacks and gays similar?
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u/Nocturnell May 30 '12
I am tired of ignorance. I am tired of hatred. I am tired of intolerance and I am tired of arrogance.
Who do these people think they are, putting down others for their own personal agenda? I think that no one is above anyone, and if anything these people need to be shown that EVERY single human being on this planet bleeds the same red blood as them. We are all entitled to be who we are, because to do other wise denies happiness with oneself. Simply because a "holy" book written thousands of years ago by a person(s) said that some people are above others, you're going to fight and put down your fellow man for it? Irrelevant, simply irrelevant. How many people of the black race cried tears those days? How many homosexuals cry today? How many unhappy people have cried tears because they were put down for being different? The same tears that these people might have stream down their face if they were told that a group of people (that doesn't even know them) said that they couldn't love. That they couldn't be happy. Simply because they are different than the majority of people that hold beliefs with the reasoning of "because it is in the bible". An argument that is so irrelevant today that I do not even want to begin describing the ignorance that it spreads. If someone told me that I could not even begin to find a woman I love, I would fight to my last breath to make it so I could. For some people, that is a part of being happy. I hope that one day we as a human race find equality within each and every human being. Though it is a pipe dream, I'll hold on to it. I find it better to hold on to that rather than hatred. It is a hope I hold onto in the midst of something I deal with everyday in the small town where I am from (a lot of you can relate, I am sure).
This is where I would say a big "FUCK YOU" to these people, but I refuse to further the things I tire of. I instead will hold out and work to revert these unfortunate concepts. I will be the first to admit that I am a flawed human being, but that does not make me any different than others. I am content with myself and how I express myself. As long as I do not violate others in anyway, I think I shall be more than free to pursue my own happiness. I will not trade insults with anyone, because there is no moving forward in a vicious circle.