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The government has done next to nothing in terms of the perception of gays in contemporary Western society. Much of the gay activism has been to repeal draconian violations of privacy or to strive for equal treatment. Much of the development of respect towards the gay community has been done through measures by people in civil society, both culturally and through non-governmental institutions. Something which I propose as the right measures to be taken, and something for which I have participated in working towards. No force, no coercion. Communities can work towards bringing about larger changes without the intervention of the state apparatus, especially in terms of progressive measures insofar as the state tends towards conservatism
It has done everything when you have a president that comes out in support of Gay marriage, and the same minority that pushes for federal recognition for it you contradict your own idealistic post. I call that for the bullshit that it is. As for discrimination once again another push from the homosexual community to stifle criticism as 'hate speech'
http://www.examiner.com/article/the-pre ... ate-speechWhile the vague crime of "violation of civil rights" may not necessarily entail violation of 1st amendment rights, an individual can still find themselves prosecuted under certain laws for voicing an opinion and then being punished as a result of some lameass hate crime statute. This is force in terms of using their numbers as well as changing laws on the state level.
Obama came out in support of gay marriage in what 2010 at the earliest? The sexual orientation provision was added to hate speech law in 2009? The gay community has made gains in finding social acceptance and changing the perception of themselves prior to the last three years, and they haven't been wholly reliant on the state in order to quell such discrimination.
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This notion you have that capitalism is inherently tied to free markets is about three centuries old. There is a reason that China is emerging as a superpower. It's capitalism minus freedom, having a strong centralized state with which to exert its policies. No need to respond to the demands of the people.
It's two different things to say that Hussein's regime is illegitimate and that Bush's actions should be condoned. The former proposition I accept, the latter not at all. Moral high ground to claim what states should do? Fuck you. It's called five centuries of political theory.
Its not Capitalism when the state is using taxpayer dollars to subsidize these companies, read my lips fuckwit that's corporatism. Government's don't generate any income with the exception of that which is extracted by theft i,e taxation, it would be different if the government had bake sales but no. China is advancing because they're adapting the same trend we've followed post-ww11, did you know they're also going to have a housing bubble, the state is building entire cities that don't have hardly any inhabitants (ghost cities), and of course all of the public projects in the world don't mean a fucking thing if the state is completely taxing the shit out of you to build them
The claim that Bush's actions shouldn't be condoned, hmm well once again he lied about the WMD'S, sent thousands of troops to die based on faulty intelligence, lied about the link between Al Qaeda and Hussein's government. Five centuries of political theory my ass, going into Iraq for the second time is further proof that our foreign policy is government by a bunch of leftist retards. Its no wonder you support them considering you statist pukes aren't all that different.
Capitalism has always been in bed with the state. I'm sorry you don't know history. WWII, for example, both the US and Germany gained from the entanglement of state and capital. As for the other shit you ramble off, I don't support a single politician in our government besides maybe Bernie Sanders, because he is a court jester playing the heel. When did invading Iraq becomes a Left thing? That is the epitome of reactionary conservative rewriting of history. Jesus. But seriously take a breath before you post next time, you borderline on incoherence.
