• democracy1984@lemmy.world
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    It’s bad to under-represnt issues. But it’s also bad to over-represent issues. The right answer is almost always in the middle.

    The stuff you see in the news is carefully selected to show what makes people the most upset, that way it gets the most clicks.

    In the past, women were subservient to men, black people were slaves, and being queer wasn’t even allowed. Nowadays, things have improved a huge amount. There are still problems, but nothing like the past.

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      1 year ago

      You are clearly not a victim of these issues and the situation is so alien to you that apparently the only way for you to relate to them is via the news. Violence and prejudice are things that happen to “other people”.

      Real people are suffering real oppression every day. Some in a small almost invisible way and others live in permanent fear of violence because of who they are.

      That things were worse in the past is no reason to stop progress. And things did get better because people fought for them, often to death.

      I hope you are arguing in good faith and have the moral strength to accept you may be blind to some realities and reconsider your beliefs.