Quote:They're not interested in the community improving just finger pointing. Some of them don't seem to have first hand experience with our communities but happily hand out opinions about it. Why would you want to speak on something you have secondhand knowledge of? It's ok, that way of thinking is on it's way out. What I've noticed is ppl about 40 yrs and younger share our viewpoint. They are interested in gathering facts, they talk to all walks of life, they see both sides of coin. It's very telling the amount of response that came from my post about our culture and the dynamics.

Things take time and the youth will eventually heal the problems of their parents.  I remember my dad used to say a lot of anti gay stuff, at one point i laughed at him and said "why do you care, how does how they live their lives affect you, they aren't hurting anyone."  My dad kind of realized all this resentment he had was for no good reason and has changed.  There are a lot of people who are just stuck in their ways and we will have to deal with that until the generation dies out and is replaced by people who can see both sides of the coin.

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