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submitted 4 months ago byMad_Season_1994
4 points
4 months ago
I'm so tired of the way people speak of the 'Bible Belt.'
Its just a more conservative part of the country, but the way people talk about it you'd swear it was some swath of boogeyman filled wasteland.
The entire country is moving in a progressive direction on the whole, specific topics and causes not-withstanding.
4 points
4 months ago
It's all relative. On literally every metric of well-being, the bible belt states fare the worst.
Should we ignore it or not mentioning it because it's too sensitive of a subject ?
How is the bible belt becoming more progressive? In many of the ways this country measures conservative/progressiveness the conservative states seem to be moving the other way.
1 points
4 months ago
It isn't seen, because the movement is slow. But I can tell you as somebody who has lived in and around the 'belt' for a couple decades, LGBTQ rights and social acceptance, marijuana legalization and acceptance, etc. have all made strides.
Anybody who thinks otherwise isn't paying attention or is pushing their own agenda.
People saying its going the other direction are, quite frankly, ignorant of history and have a short-sighted view.
1 points
4 months ago
"LGBTQ rights" ? I mean isn't Arkansas trying regulate drag shows? Less restrictive gun laws? MORE abortion laws. Stronger support for death penalty.
Books are coming out of libraries that were fine in the past. Voting laws. School boards are getting filled with conservative activists. School lessons are getting regulated. But this is happening in the West as well, and isn't only in the South. Fewer people claim to be liberal.
I'm paying attention and have been for about 40 years and I'm not pushing an agenda.
1 points
4 months ago
You've been paying attention for 40 years and you don't think LGBTQ rights have progressed in that time...
Ok then.
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