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Comments from the Greatest Generation: Words of Wisdom or Revisionist History?

PropAddict

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Popped up today on BoingBoing and started an interesting discussion there:


He puts an interesting light on the issue, in terms of framing it in a liberty/equality stance, but maybe an old guy can chime in here: was anyone in the mainstream thinking about gay rights 40, 50, 60+ years ago? Seems to be mainly a modern cause celebre.
 

HeyJoe

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Popped up today on BoingBoing and started an interesting discussion there:

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He puts an interesting light on the issue, in terms of framing it in a liberty/equality stance, but maybe an old guy can chime in here: was anyone in the mainstream thinking about gay rights 40, 50, 60+ years ago? Seems to be mainly a modern cause celebre.


That supposed to be a link or do they really talk like that?
 

PropAddict

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Yeah, yeah. Fixed.

(Although some of them do kinda mumble and it sounds like they're reading HTML :) )
 

Uncle Fester

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He puts an interesting light on the issue, in terms of framing it in a liberty/equality stance, but maybe an old guy can chime in here: was anyone in the mainstream thinking about gay rights 40, 50, 60+ years ago? Seems to be mainly a modern cause celebre.

There weren't any of teh gheys back then. Gayness was invented in 1968 by those damned hippies. Just ask anyone.

(kidding)
 

BusyBee604

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He puts an interesting light on the issue, in terms of framing it in a liberty/equality stance, but maybe an old guy can chime in here: was anyone in the mainstream thinking about gay rights 40, 50, 60+ years ago? Seems to be mainly a modern cause celebre.

NOPE... until the 70s, gay = "merry", and homosexuals preferred to stay "in the closet".:eek:
BzB the Elder:icon_mi_1
 
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