Yes, I think that's the difference in a nutshell.
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You see it when, for eg, ppl insist feminists or the Civil Rights Movement changed society single-handedly by means of activism.
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They get angry if you suggest they increased discussion but society as a whole changed & that is how the change became the norm.
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Yes, the debate started much earlier with Wollstonecraft, Bentham, Mill and Harriet Taylor Mill.
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Yes, exactly. The ideas were ripening & they came into fruition in the 60s.
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Back the the FS issue, it still find it puzzling that manypeople are so sensitive to dissenting or even reactionary views.
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In others words, some views are so dangerous they should not be heard. And sometimes that includes opposition to gay marriage or abortion.
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Yes. Because they don't trust the individual to evaluate them despite all the evidence we are more liberal now than ever.
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They don't think we are. The intense theoretical focus on systems of privilege leads them to see white supremacy, patriarchy etc as dominant
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Yes true. Though in some cases it takes a while for things to change and often it takes more than just the ideas.
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It can take more than talking to get the ideas across but, in democracies, unless the ideas change, society doesn't.
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