I think the majority argument is skewed for alot of those due to the nature of our journalism and reporting through US history. I don’t think that a majority of people viewed gay marriage for example as something that should be outlawed, but it was something unfamiliar and they didn’t have enough points of reference in their life to base their argument off of. As it became more mainstream, people just kind of went ‘whatever’, the radicals (religious) get the spotlight from the media but I grew up in a hyper conservative household, and even we were fine with and had friends who were gay. My roommate in college was gay and the only person who had anything off to say was my grandmother who grew up in the 50s+60s.
I think i should shift my statement to say “rights are things that the majority of the people believe to be true, only if it affects a large enough amount of the people”
I think the majority argument is skewed for alot of those due to the nature of our journalism and reporting through US history. I don’t think that a majority of people viewed gay marriage for example as something that should be outlawed, but it was something unfamiliar and they didn’t have enough points of reference in their life to base their argument off of. As it became more mainstream, people just kind of went ‘whatever’, the radicals (religious) get the spotlight from the media but I grew up in a hyper conservative household, and even we were fine with and had friends who were gay. My roommate in college was gay and the only person who had anything off to say was my grandmother who grew up in the 50s+60s.
I think i should shift my statement to say “rights are things that the majority of the people believe to be true, only if it affects a large enough amount of the people”