Feel like the world is spinning a little too fast these days? Tough. Here's noted Western philosopher
Henry Rollins on the promise of progress -- and backlash -- from the recent, momentous decisions in politics and law.
Bad News for the Haters Dept.: You realize that all those obnoxious
16-year-olds you see everywhere, texting their friends who are standing
next to them, will be able to vote in the 2016 elections. Do you think
you will be able to sell them on your
anti-gay/anti-woman/anti-brown/black platform? Do you think they want to
end up like you? I bet they don't. Gov. Bobby Jindal said that you all
have to stop being the stupid party. I don't think you can do it. How
did equality become political? Because you can't handle science, change
or the truth. America is on the move, you are not.
Roe v. Wade is still under attack. Check out what Gov. Rick Perry of
Texas has been up to. The Supreme Court's recent decision on the Voting
Rights Act could make the 2014 and 2016 elections pretty tricky. The
demise of DOMA, while great, is also a smack to the hornet's nest and
there will be a whirlwind to reap, so please, prepare for many
challenges up the road. The pushback will be considerable. America is
changing and, historically, we don't handle it well.
Read the whole thing. DOMA, the Voting Rights Act, the Snowden affair -- this is only the beginning, folks.
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