Oh , yeah, I had this discussion on the FB page of one of my adult nieces last week after the NY decision. She stated she was proud of the NY legislature, and I said I didn't agree, and why. Lordy did I drop a stink bomb! She and another niece and their friends were horrified by my 'intolerance'. I mentioned the intolerance of the homosexual activists who have sued businesses out of existence for simply choosing not to offer their services to homosexuals wanting a wedding.
After several of their diatribes against what I was saying, I calmly mentioned that I hadn't been the one calling names and denigrating people. Frankly, I was surprised that neither of them have 'de-friended' me. I hope that some of my points made some sense to them, but I doubt it. This younger generation seems to have a hyper-sensitivity to 'fairness', without regard to any logic, or without giving any real thought to the consequences of any particular actions or events.
I remember back when I was a teen, perhaps the same old trick worked back then. People, especially at that age group, are susceptible to feeling sympathy to those who claim victimization. I used to buy some of the hate crimes mantra, until I had to stop and think about the logic involved.
Why were so many of these people so much against the logic that actually could be helpful, such as gun rights and self-defense? (Plenty of the hate crimes lobby was so denouncing of people owning guns, when in fact, loads of these beatings took as little as a few unarmed assailants)
How serious were some of these hate crimes?
(Plenty mentioned were vandalism, but then again, this could be a phony crime, unless you could seriously prove otherwise.)
How common were they?
Once I actually started pursuing these facts, I realized that plenty of this was more sensationalized than it was real.
The list could go on and on, but the general point made is this...
The idea of somebody being victimized, and somebody else being called in to be the hero, is something that plenty of coming of age people are really impressionable to, and lobbyists know this, and campaign it to their own effect.