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Old 09-14-2017, 11:08 AM   #404 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by riseagainstrocks View Post
How so? What I'm getting at is the personal beliefs of any one individual are rather meaningless in the scheme of things. Who cares if the guy on the corner thinks all Asians are sneaky or all white people love Trump - his beliefs don't have any effect on others. He can't enact policy, pass laws, deny rights, etc. Now if those views are held by the dominant group that also controls political and social levers of control...
This just reads like a bandwagon argument to me and reflects my thought that your argument confuses the trend for the rule. Do we define beliefs by how easily they can be enacted? This concept adds a lot of baggage to a pretty straightforward descriptor.
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