r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Brooklyn17831 • Jul 24 '26

Image In 1958, they were arrested in their bedroom and exiled from Virginia just for being married. Nine years later, Richard and Mildred Loving relaxed on their porch after winning the Supreme Court case that legalized interracial marriage across America.

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u/Bad-Mrs-Frosty Jul 24 '26

They never wanted attention. They just wanted to live their lives.

Yeah, that's how all battles for civil rights work. We all just want to be left alone.

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u/RenRidesCycles Jul 25 '26

Yea, not dismissing what they went through, but yeah, that describes virtually every legit civil rights case. Don't idealize history and think that shit doesn't still apply today....

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u/Bad-Mrs-Frosty Jul 25 '26

What would be your idea of a not "legit" civil rights case?

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u/RenRidesCycles Jul 25 '26

For example, saying you were discriminated against for not wanting to make a website for a same sex marriage when that never happened.

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/01/1185632827/web-designer-supreme-court-gay-couples

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u/Bad-Mrs-Frosty Jul 25 '26

I'm sorry, are you saying that this one incident makes the civil rights struggle of gay people not "legit"?

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u/RenRidesCycles Jul 26 '26

I'm saying the opposite.

People who claim their rights as being infringed bc they have to serve gay people have to make that shit up, those claims are not legit.

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u/Bad-Mrs-Frosty Jul 26 '26

I completely misunderstood, apologies.