It's a lovely thought. It truly is. As a student of history, allow me to point out that compared to how we were even a few decades ago we're kicking ass? And that a few decades ago rips ass over a hundred years ago? And a hundred years ago rips ass on two hundred years ago? The thing is, people who don't care don't make the news. Thing is? That's a dickish sign. It should be remembered. But all the signs that don't say "irish need not apply" are forgotten because they were irrelevant. It's the loudmouth with an opinion we all notice, not the folks that couldn't care less where you're from and it's getting harder to be a loudmouth. ...well it was until November. However I see this as a temporary hiccup on a long arc towards general tolerance. And no matter how you look at it, the longer you've lived somewhere the likelier you are to have friends there to stick up for you.
Is likelier the right way of saying that? Wouldn't it be "more likely?" You ever have those moments when you can't remember how to spell a simple word, or use a phrase and your brain is wrestling with itself over it? I'm having that moment, right now, with "likelier."