Gay Acceptance Social Shift

You don't even have to go that far back. Just 20 years ago the idea that being gay was ok would get you treated like an anti-vaxer today.Go back 50 years and "race mixing" was taboo.

“Once a view is popular with the general public, or just within your own ‘tribe,’ it takes a lot of courage even to question it to yourself,” says Blackford. For example, just 50 years ago, homosexuality was banned in many western countries. “It would have been a very brave person to put their hand up and say, ‘There’s nothing wrong with being gay.’”And there you have it. The absolutes slither and shift. One generation's unquestioned truth is another's indisputable anathema.

First, the situation is not the "same as it ever". Clearly, we are seeing a cultural trend towards more censorship.Secondly, I invite you to consider this: Being gay was seen as a completely "abhorrent" idea a few decades ego [1]. So, did that fact somehow made it good and justifiable to "cancel" someone for being gay?[1] Some people find it "abhorrent" even today, some countries even have laws against homosexuality.

This is true also for social changes. Homosexuality, at least in my country, is an example. When I was a kid at school, 20-30 years ago, it was frowned upon and used as an insult. Now it's totally normal and no one except fringe extremists would use it as an insult. And as far as I know, there wasn't any Rosa Parks-like event that triggered the change (factually or symbolically), it just creeped in.

You do realize that 20 years ago it was wrong to be gay in various US states, right? And I'm saying this with the consideration that most of the world sees the US as the most advanced country on the planet.

It is just a symptom of youth and social media addiction.I forget what the stat was in 1999 but it is something absurd. Like 90% of the US was against gay marriage. In 2022, 71% were pro gay marriage.I am gay and when someone says bullshit like this is just drives me crazy. As if a gay person in high school today can possibly relate to my experience of being gay in high school in the 90s. It is such an ignorant statement and view.

Don't forget that being gay was on that list fairly recently and civil rights were on that list in recent history.Society changes.

People's view evolve. It wasn't that long when vast majority of Americans were against gay marriage.

Yes, that all makes sense. Will just note that there was a time not so long ago when just as large a majority of people thought homosexuality was a horrible abomination, or worse.Attitudes change and in my view it's time to stop being so emotionally negative toward sexuality and the diverse choices made among consenting adults.

How is that offensive? Clearly homosexuality is much closer to being mainstream as 20-30 or 50 years ago. TV Shows and movies and music trends all make it much more acceptable in the mainstream. All he is saying is that it was much more difficult for people back then to come out, much more than today. That being said, there is clearly some distance to go until it becomes egalitarian. That's how I interpreted the comment. Some people could also use that 'coming out' nowadays to gai