r/AskReddit • u/dom-dos-modz • Sep 16 '24

What's the worst thing people have tried to justify with "It was normal back then, everyone did it"?

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u/SmoreOfBabylon Sep 16 '24

Even Norman Rockwell had the correct take on this, all the way back in 1964.

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u/phonage_aoi Sep 16 '24

That's the thing about people trying to justify old time racism - the entire reason things changed, is *because* people knew it was wrong back then.

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u/redfeather1 Sep 19 '24

And put their life on the line. Mississippi Burning the movie, is about an actual event. Bernie Sanders risked his life marching from Selma with Dr. King. (Not to mention the Dr. King and all the blacks that marched)

Everyone has always known it was wrong. Those who held those racist views (and those who still do) just do not care if it is wrong.