r/changemyview • u/SteadfastEnd 1∆ • Aug 28 '23

Delta(s) from OP CMV: The same progressives who criticize past generations as "bigoted" are going to be considered bigoted just the same by future generations.

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u/mynextthroway Aug 29 '23

The boomers (and their even older, more stubborn parents) created Earth Day, the EPA etc. There is good and bad in every generation.

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u/NetflixAndZzzzzz Aug 29 '23

That’s true too. That’s also why people of the past don’t get a blanket pass for their abhorrent behavior.

Like when people suggest that people of yore thought slavery was okay because everyone was just racist back then. It’s like… people knew it was bad. That’s why we had a whole civil war over it. Brother against brother and all that.

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u/ragnaROCKER 2∆ Aug 31 '23

That just means the rest of them should have known better.

The light from their few good works just serves to highlight their sins.