Radically Normal

基本正常

Hidden Brain

社会科学

2019-04-09

51 分钟
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For generations, living openly as a gay person in the United States was difficult, and often dangerous. But there's been a dramatic change in public attitudes toward gay people. This week, we explore one of the most striking transformations of public attitude ever recorded. And we consider whether the strategies used by gay rights activists hold lessons for other groups seeking change.
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  • This is hidden brain.

  • I'm Shankar Vedantam.

  • For generations, gay people were the target of noxious stereotypes in the United States.

  • Queers and the homosexuals.

  • The second you see your son dropping.

  • The limp wrist, you rock over there.

  • And crack that wrist.

  • Halls of worship and airwaves were full of hateful propaganda.

  • AIDS is the judgment of God.

  • And that's the title of the sermon tonight.

  • AIDS, the judgment of God.

  • Big, large fence.

  • Put all the lesbians in there.

  • Gay rights advocates are outraged over a ruling yesterday by a Virginia judge which denied a mother custody of her son because she's a lesbian.

  • The judge said the relationship is, in his words, illegal and immoral.

  • Legal and immoral.

  • Illegal and immoral.

  • And have that fence electrified till they can't get out.

  • Feed them, and you know what?

  • In a few years, they'll die.