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[quote=Anonymous]My father grew up in the north, and moved to the deep south about 10 years ago. He has talked with several old-timers who have expressed the sentiment "I don't really know what we thought the big deal was. It doesn't seem like a big deal now." Of course they'll still complain about the lazy blacks and the social welfare situation, but when asked about the segregation of schools and such, they can't really articulate why they were so fired up about it. They admit that they WERE, but don't try to justify it now. In turn, my father (who used to be very outspoken about homosexuality-- against it in the social sense, believed it was a detriment to our society) began to believe that in the relatively short term, the anti-gay crowd will age and fade and the vast majority of society will view homosexuality as "no big deal". This realization has made him much more tolerant, which is nice to see in an older man. [/quote]
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