There has been far too much hypocrisy in the field of civil rights. It is easy enough to give rousing speeches or call for legislation which has no possibility of passage.
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Civil rights are more important today than they ever have been in our country. There is so much divisiveness today.
It is difficult to overstate the importance of the Civil Rights Act.
Any kind of civil rights oppression is wrong.
There's a lot more hypocrisy than before. Racism has gone back underground.
Many civil rights came about, not when they were passed into law, but because the federal government did what it should and saw them enforced.
Too often, advances in civil rights or women's rights are undermined by wrong-headed legislation or weak-kneed political leadership.
Historical hypocrites have themselves carried out the very human rights abuses that they suddenly decide warrant intervention elsewhere.
Civil rights is unfinished business. Make it your business.
It seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions.
It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on.
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