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Old 08-30-2011, 05:49 PM   #114
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Aj, I'm not willing to compromise my basic human rights, and I don't think any of us should. Sometimes one just has to make a stand and say, here and no further. I don't feel the need to beg for my rights, I will however fight tooth and nail for them.
That's not really what anyone is talking about, though. No one has said you should compromise on your basic human rights. What's being asked is, what are you willing to do get those rights? A lot of people seem to be under the impression that they should just be able to say "I deserve it, gimme" and the people in power should just say "Oh, okay, here you go." That's a nice fantasy, but not how the universe actually works. In order to actually get those rights that we deserve, we need to get other people on our side. People like straight, conservative Christians in the midwest. Hell, even just your average, semi-religious, moderate straight person in the midwest. If we're going to make any real progress, we need more of them on our side. How do you propose we do that? We don't have the numbers to get anything by brute force. We need to convince people. What's your plan?
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