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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Justice and Rule" data-source="post: 8502461" data-attributes="member: 6778210">Yeah, but you see with that last paragraph you're basically hitting why it's not really a "both sides" issue. One side is giving substantive reasons as to why these things should be changed, while the other side is reacting more emotionally, taking the criticism personally. I mean, I could care less about "entrenchment" because I think it's fine to be entrenched on certain values and such; I know I am and it doesn't stop me from understanding why the other side thinks the way they do. What matters is the values themselves.It's not the focus of the youth today, it's just a topic we are discussing because it's actually the topic of discussion. I mean, you could literally go into every thread on this board and say "The Uyghurs are being exterminated, and the focus of our youth is <thread topic>." It's almost like we can concentrated on more than one thing and not be completely distracted!Seriously, this argument has been used forever to stifle debate for no good reason. We can't talk about gay rights because we're in a War on Terror! We can't talk about civil rights because we're in nuclear showdown with the USSR! It's always been inane and it continues to be so in the present.</blockquote>