[etgryphon]

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In other words, there wouldn't have even been a need for civil rights legislation and "bus boycotts" if the damn government hadn't created that environment in the first place.

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Just to clarify, it was the STATE governments, not the federal government that created Jim Crow laws.

It was STATE governments that prohibited people from purchasing contraception.

It was STATE governments that prohibited interracial marriage.

It was STATE governments that prohibited abortion.

Now people decry that the federal government is out of control.

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But it is easier to move to another STATE that conforms with your principles and\or it is easier to effect LOCAL STATE politics than it is to change the country.