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Originally Posted by eweissenbach
I am amazed by the outdated and ugly attitudes many people still have regarding such things. Don't feel bad for yourself, feel sorry for them and their friends and family, who have to live with such ignorance.
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As BS Beef said below, I too couldn't agree more with the above. However...
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Originally Posted by BS Beef
I couldn't agree more. I personally see/hear far less of it. Still it is literally jaw dropping when it happens. I'm not great at how to deal with it. I tend to deal with it sarcastically. "Your kidding me, right? You honestly still talk/think that way." If it's someone I know and have a relationship with I have no problem laying into them. "You're a d!ck, what's wrong with you". Not saying that is a good or bad way I just don't know the answer of how to deal with ignorance like that. I suspect there's not a right or wrong way, I think it probably differs for everyone.
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... in relation to the comment above (my emphasis), I have to disagree. I have NEVER heard so much outright racist language and so many bigoted comments, including so-called jokes, in my entire life up north and traveling through much of the country as I have routinely heard—and continue to hear—right here in TV, though I'd have to say it's been only during the past few years! This may change again in another few years, but in the meantime, the level of disrespect that the comments represent never fails to shock me....
How do I handle it? It's never anything said directly to me but rather in my presence, and all I feel I can do is ignore it and remind myself of the connection between "ignore" and "ignorance." I agree that I would certainly say something if it were coming from someone who I have a relationship with, but so far that hasn't happened. These are not people I would choose as friends anyway.