2016 Postmortem

the logic is essentially, "firsts exists, therefore all firsts are possible."

yes, there was never a catholic president, then a catholic president got elected, as one example provided.

so, yes, there was a first time this happened, and a first time that happened. and there will surely be more firsts in the future.

but that doesn't mean that just because we can think of something that's never happened before it's then at all likely to happen.

yes, in theory, these things are all possible. but there's nothing in the logic of the o.p. that suggests it's at all likely.


using the same logic, i could say it's revealing prejudice to say "america will never vote for a two-year old" or "america will never vote for a "103-year old in a coma" or "america will never vote for someone convicted of mutiple rapes and mass murders"


that's not to say we shouldn't try for firsts, or that they'll never happen. of course a very select few of them will. but the o.p. doesn't suggest the most important part, which is exactly *which* firsts can reasonably happen.