I've noticed a hint of this too, but I don't think it's that pervasive. Old white people tend to bark the loudest in the political sphere, so that might color our perception.
I will never understand how any human soul can disagree with any part of sir Todd's post a few pages back. I agree 100%.
I know I wouldn't trust a wealthy, white male to run the country. Seriously. Especially a religious one. *shudders*
Shit just got real. Religiosity in power doesn't sit well with me either, but I'm not sure why one would inherently distrust someone based on their skin colour or sex.
I'm sorry but I have to give you an infraction. There are better ways to get your opinion across, as you know. I hope everything is ok with you because this isn't like you.
So you don't like discrimination based on colour or sex but you do like discrimination based on religion. I like your consistency.
People choose their religion. They can't choose their sex or skin color. Being distrustful of someone's religion is fine.
Wrong. Some people don't get to choose their religion, it's enforced on them through family etc. In this stone age, being distrustful of someone's religion falls under discrimination, like being distrustful of someone's sex or skin colour.
By the time you're able to be elected as president/prime minister I think you'd be old enough to make your own mind up as to what your religion is... Just because something's forced on you doesn't mean you necessarily have to believe it either.
Yeah, although I was talking about the socio-cultural stage more than anything, i.e. televised media and the rest. Race is definitely there with the birthers and a whitening of our music (for example: name an American artist other than Linkin Park that is not white (not implying they're not, although it's a somewhat mixed group) and is doing something other than electropop, or conversely, name a mainstream rock artist that isn't white, and furthermore, an American mainstream rock artist whose sound doesn't draw heavily from white culture music such as country). I see it in the fashion too, but I'm sure by that point people think I'm overthinking it. The sexism is definitely there too, but it's harder for me to latch on to specific examples; I just know it's there from watching TV and stuff (reality TV is a gold mine). In movies for example, even the tough girls end up being damsels in distress by the end (a great example has been Kate Austen for the entire last decade in LOST). With sexism it's been harder for me to put my finger on it, but it's there. It may not even be sexism though, it may even just be a more solid drawing of the lines of gender roles, which I've also felt have been emboldened in recent years.