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points by thinkcontext 2 days ago | 0 comments

> We have spent over 100 years going back and forth on party politics. It has done nothing to move the bar on justice.

You think there have been no advancements in "justice" since 1926? Either you are being hyperbolic, have no knowledge of history or you have a very idiosyncratic definition of justice.

[–] vkou 2 days ago

People who see the world in black and white are incapable of telling the difference between a shade of dark gray and light gray.

[–] cowlevel 2 days ago

What are the advancements?

[–] mrbombastic 2 days ago

for starters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement but if you have no knowledge of American history not sure a hn thread is right place to start

[–] Larrikin 2 days ago

There are people alive today who lived under Jim Crow laws. Is there any argument you would like to make that getting rid of them and enacting the other associated legislation in the 60s was not an advancement?