7 ms·
> I would feel 10x more comfortable sharing my liberal viewpoints in a small, deeply-red town than I would insinuating something anything less than 100% left-le
by meat_fist 10y ago
> I would feel 10x more comfortable sharing my liberal viewpoints in a small, deeply-red town than I would insinuating something anything less than 100% left-leaning at work here.
Serious question: are you white?
- austenallred 10y agoYes
- mjmsmith 10y agoAre you gay? Are you a woman? Are you Muslim?
- mjmsmith 10y agoDownvoting honest questions? Huh.
- splintercell 10y agoIt doesn't actually sound honest, now I admit your follow up question made the intent clearer, but that original post wasn't downvoted by others for the 'sharpness' of the question but because it sounded rhetorical. Have an upvote.
- fireflash38 10y agoIt honestly sounds like the start of a line of questioning that is likely to shutdown opinions because of someone's characteristics rather than the opinion itself. I'm not saying that's what you're doing, but it's a frequent tactic.
- austenallred 10y agoWhite Christian (Mormon) straight male
- mjmsmith 10y agoThanks for the reply. I imagine that being part of the majority demographic in Utah makes daily life more comfortable than it was in San Francisco, no? (Not making excuses for other people's poor behavior anywhere.)
- austenallred 10y agoI honestly don't think much about demographics either place. Maybe that's because I'm the majority (I think) in both places; I don't know. It doesn't enter my calculus. San Francisco is generally more accepting of almost everything, and I love that, but when it comes to political ideology I ironically find it intense, unaccepting and extreme. It feels like anything goes in SF, so long as you're not on the right politically. (I don't even consider myself super duper on the right, just not allll the way on the left)
- meat_fist 10y agoMy point was simply to illustrate that "I'd feel more comfortable talking about my views in the Deep Red" is a statement only a White (probably) Male would say.
- austenallred 10y agoPerhaps, but I honestly don't believe that's true. It feels like politics has become something beyond politics in San Francisco. It's not "people have different ways of viewing things, and boy do I think you're wrong," it's "if you think that _____ or voted for _____ you are my enemy."
- meat_fist 10y agoI think you'd be surprised at how non-white males are treated in the Deep Red, is again my point.
- 10y ago