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To me it sounded like someone with a rooted "versus" mentality that defines themselves using their externality and sexual preference because, well, its just eas
by flyinglizard 14y ago
To me it sounded like someone with a rooted "versus" mentality that defines themselves using their externality and sexual preference because, well, its just easier.
You are not wrong about me, but I have plenty of gay friends in the workplace, and being talented they don't define themselves through their orientation.
- wonderzombie 14y agoIt's a hell of a lot easier not to have a "versus" mentality when you are in a privileged position. Conversely, when everyone around you can instantly see that you are different, and when you're reminded daily that you are different by mainstream culture, you'd probably have a different attitude. You're visibly, repeatedly, and viscerally reminded that you are Different. I don't know what that's like, but it's something this particular fellow has to live with every moment of his life. That's going to have an impact on your attitude, and I'm willing to cut the guy more than a little slack. "Can't we all get along" is a luxury cis, straight, white males have, in no small part because a lot of mainstream American culture is created by and for that set of categories.