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a reply to: olaru12 I think that has far more to do with the advent of the Internet. What we see here is not representative of thein my opinion.I base it on what I see around me, not on a few radical posters on the Internet or ATS.When I was young, people were open about their bigotry and not afraid to express it in the open. Where I grew up, everyone was strongly pro-union, mostly Democrats and many of them were in your face bigots and racists. A lot has changed since then.I remember watching the riots on the news at night and listening to the rants going on around me. I was lucky to have color blind parents who encouraged me to stay away from those bad apples and who talked to me about what I was seeing. There simply is no comparison between then and now on this issue.I remember hearing one of my uncles giving my father a lot of grief over his support of JFK over Humphrey. To say JFK was not loved by many Democrats then is an understatement. A sort of national brawl was going on due to JFK being Catholic and for civil rights legislation. The southern style Dem's were still the most powerful force in their Party then and even though we lived in the West, it was similar.It's far better now. My first marriage was a mixed marriage and at the time it could be very uncomfortable walking down the street together. Now I would not feel in the least uncomfortable doing that. To say it's not way better is to ignore true history.