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Are you gay? Are you a woman? Are you Muslim?
by mjmsmith 10y ago
Are 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.
- austenallred 10y agoAre you speaking from experience?
- muzz 10y agoI'm non-white and lived in a red state and experienced some serious racism.
- kpennell 10y agoGood thread here
- mozumder 10y agoI can confirm. Growing up in the south, as a non-white, it's not if you've been mistreated, but how many times PER DAY. Your identity is that of an outsider. You're not part of the white culture. It's so common that it just becomes the usual part of life, and you deal with it from there. You are definitely lacking any idea of the experience of other races. Mormons, they go around house-to-house trying to convert people. Try doing the same thing as a Muslim, with a long beard, in the deep south, and then let me know if you still think you'd be more comfortable expressing your views in the deep south. =^D