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26 Post author: Solvent 24 February 2014 04:13AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 25 February 2014 03:43:42AM 0 points [-]

Upvoted for followthrough.

How do you feel about less intense negatives, such as social regression? Things like how American conservatives essentially export their bullshit all over the world, such as the rise of American anti abortion tactics in Britain, and the role American conservatives player in the anti-gay movement in Russia? Or just certain anti-gay, anti-woman, anti-POC stances in America? For instance Arizona passed, or tried to pass, a law allowing for discrimination against LGBT and racial minorities under the grounds of religious freedom by businesses.

At what point does it be come problematic enough that we should stop debating and crack down on these behaviors? Although, crackdown may be of varying levels. No need to send in the army to round up Arizona legislators.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 26 February 2014 02:02:14AM *  3 points [-]

such as social regression

Care to define what you mean by "social regression", also explain why it's a bad thing.

For instance Arizona passed, or tried to pass, a law allowing for discrimination

Why should discrimination be illegal? Also while we're on the subject, should churches be forbidden to discriminate on religion?