The prevailing views of the population are getting more conservative. We've spent decades, the whole baby boomer era, normalizing all sorts of things about sex and drugs, and millions of people are consequently miserable. Younger generations are not going to follow those footsteps.
If you're referring to Lonnie Billard, his case has only so far been heard by the district court, which has given a summary judgement in his favour and against discrimination.
The younger generation are not miserable as a consequence of liberal attitudes towards drugs and sex. It may have escaped your notice, but the economy is in the shitter, and it has become inordinately difficult to get on the housing ladder. We're stuck in jobs we hate, with ever more stagnating wages and job insecurity, or zero-hour contracts, and it doesn't even give us the chance of owning a house if we live in the city. Meanwhile, the planet is being actively destroyed, and our utilities are poisoning us more than ever before. People are miserable because things are fucking dire.
So we can't blame milk bars or pinball machines anymore? Hmph.
I mostly agree, but in the case of AA, most of the country, regardless of race, supports race-neutral admissions. There, at least, the Supreme Court is reflecting the will of the people.
And as soon as we have a society that treats people identically regardless of race, you'll have an argument. Right now, we do not.
The Supreme Court decided, with this opinion, that there is distinct and tangible value in having the leadership, management, and specialists of organizations be ethnically diverse, even if it means putting a thumb on the scale ever so slightly. I agree, for reasons I've stated several times up thread
I can see an argument that the population are becoming more conservative, if your point is that they accept the social liberalisation of yesteryear but only want modest further changes compared to progressives of earlier decades. But this isn't quite the same as your argument.
The part where it's an attempt to counteract existing systemic racism.
Counteracting systemic racism WITH RACISM is racism... How can't you agree that affirmative action is racist? You abide by literally no principles.
Sure. Your "probably" is the same as actual science. Though it's hilarious that "black doctors are probably just at the poor clinics and that's why black people who go to the white people clinics die more often" if a fucking hilariously blind statement
They were sold on the wrong problem. Rich people pretended that minorities were the problem and people bought it hook, line, and sinker. AA covered less than 3% of all entrances to universities. Meanwhile, super-rich people make up a third of the entrance, and legacy entrances make up a quarter, most skipping even having to do any aptitude tests. Harvard has stated they will never get rid of their legacy or rich entrance because they need their money to buy new buildings. Even if all 3% of AA was racist, it is dwarfed by the actual problem
Yeah, during our recent referendum, religious institutions in Australia claimed that legalizing same-sex marriage would force religious functionaries to perform same-sex weddings
That wasn't a referendum, though. It was a non-binding shitshow of a glorified opinion poll.
Hey, at least marrying the Sydney Harbour Bridge implies a deeper appreciation than trying to sell it.
The majority never supported teaching middle schoolers how to give good handjobs, or any number of things the most liberal have done lately. But those things happened anyway because the conservative people lacked political will to stop it. They are now being stopped. It is not the moderate position being rolled back, it's the extremes.
One of the anti-SSM idiots should have had stuck to their convictions and married a bridge just to prove themselves right. I DEMAND IT.
How are Australia's youth supposed to learn about sticking to your convictions when supposed community leaders won't?
