Contrary to what you are insinuating, there are many civil rights issues not involving African-Americans.
You quoted my entire post for that lame attempt at rebuttal? Try asking the average person what the civil rights movement of the 50s and 60s was all about, and see if anyone mentions anything other than the plight of blacks.
Civil rights activism was a worldwide phenomenon. In the US was entirely about segregation and racial equality. It was about REAL racism. It was about people being treated as less than human and being cold-bloodedly murdered because of the color of their skin. And it has exactly zero, nil, nada, naught, nothing in common with the right of nudists to enjoy a clothes-free way of life. Stick to the topic.
It is a rather bizarre comparison - the African Americans didn't have anywhere to go - nudists just have to go the the right places. Just don't go flashing in front of the front yard windows or go through the fast food drive naked.
Ahhh well some folks need to get out more :-)
Comparison of nudism to the civil rights struggle (and the women's equality movement) is unsupportable. Our clothes-free way of life is a personal choice, ergo there is no innate physical or biological characteristic to which we may point as a justification for our position. While we have the right to live in any way that we choose if it does not impose upon the rights of others, we do NOT have the right to require or force society as a whole to accept it.
Actually, I believe in some sense we DO have a right to force society as a whole to accept our practices, because failure to do so allows unacceptance of people with different practices to continue "on the whole" and this is something we (as a society) are really trying to end. In the most recent articles and instances gaining news coverage, intolerance has been labeled "bullying". If I child is singled out and teased or harassed because they do not wear major label clothing, it is bullying. If they are hurt because of the color of their hair, it is bullying. In short, any physical characteristic, behavior, belief (spiritual or political) can be a cause for a member or members of a larger group to be singled out.
In this context, if all I have to do in order to be harassed (or fined as a violator of current laws) is remove my clothing and walk through a public area where such behavior is not commonly tolerated and accepted, chances are I will be harassed by someone for doing it.
If nobody says anything to me and I do not create a outward disturbance of civil order, then I have avoided the general indignation of others and exercised my beliefs as I saw fit. This might be something I accomplish on public lands by Free Hiking in areas with fewer people, or by presenting myself in a calm and friendly, non-threatening manner.
In passing laws restricting such behavior or similar behavior with a less-controlled set of goals (acceptance of simple nudism), we have organized and institutionalized the very act of allowing "mass control" of individuals by the group. We call these Laws at this time, I believe. However, as society has progressed we have generally upheld the individual right to freedom and liberty, and for people to make whatever sort of fool of themselves they wish. It is simply a question of whether the behavior is foolish or calm and level-headed; of whether it contributes to the OTHER goals of society (order, happiness, productivity, the advancement of society, etc.).
For example: (speculative scenario) If Law Enforcement officials were required to be nude as their uniform and people commonly knew and accepted of this, then public nudity would take on a whole new definition!
The minority opinion as it exists seems to be nudity is generally acceptable. However there are enough commonly known deviant behaviors that INCLUDE nudity as a subcomponent of it, that what we face is society "over compensating" for behaviors it deems undesirable. Public lewdness, sex acts, yea, mostly sex acts and other behaviors the majority considers not constructive or contributory toward a neat, orderly society.
To me the only way to convince the majority of people simple, non-deviantly aligned nudity is in fact ONLY simple nudity, is to keep writing about it. Publish or perish! (as they say in academia) Yes we can get people to practice it with us, but we must be selective and we must continue to educate them as to the MORE CIVILLY ACCEPTABLE aspects of social nudism as the NEF and the other supported organizations do at this time.
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