So like, what do I even do if I want to socialize in America but don't want to talk to bigoted people?
Was hanging out at some bars/clubs with my friend a few nights ago and I mentioned how I actually knew one of the performers at a previous bar because they showed up on my Tiktok one day. The freak stranger we were talking to then proceeded to go on a tirade about we need to ban it because the Chinese communists control it
Something like this (or with Russia, or DPRK, or homeless people) literally happens to 99.99% of Americans I've talked to. Whether it takes a few hours like this guy or a few months of knowing of them. Happens with people I talk to of all races, all genders, all ages, all socioeconomic status
Sadly that's just how it feels for me lately too. It's so tiring and depressing, especially as I've gone further left over the years. Putting aside the more overt bigotry, it's gotten easier to parse through some of the more subtle stuff.
Like surely there's got to be people out there that have some empathy and compassion. It's like the best I could hope for is to talk with people that at least hide it better. Or just actively seek out more explicitly leftist people.
My professor was talking about dictators in Cuba (It's a class on cinema in Spain) and my dumbass was like "Batista" and she said no the other one and I got confused and then the very white dem soc classmate said "Fidel Castro" and I was even more confused.
So like, what do I even do if I want to socialize in America but don't want to talk to bigoted people?
Was hanging out at some bars/clubs with my friend a few nights ago and I mentioned how I actually knew one of the performers at a previous bar because they showed up on my Tiktok one day. The freak stranger we were talking to then proceeded to go on a tirade about we need to ban it because the Chinese communists control it
Something like this (or with Russia, or DPRK, or homeless people) literally happens to 99.99% of Americans I've talked to. Whether it takes a few hours like this guy or a few months of knowing of them. Happens with people I talk to of all races, all genders, all ages, all socioeconomic status
Sadly that's just how it feels for me lately too. It's so tiring and depressing, especially as I've gone further left over the years. Putting aside the more overt bigotry, it's gotten easier to parse through some of the more subtle stuff.
Like surely there's got to be people out there that have some empathy and compassion. It's like the best I could hope for is to talk with people that at least hide it better. Or just actively seek out more explicitly leftist people.
My professor was talking about dictators in Cuba (It's a class on cinema in Spain) and my dumbass was like "Batista" and she said no the other one and I got confused and then the very white dem soc classmate said "Fidel Castro" and I was even more confused.
I hate it here.
I guess this is why you... GaveUp.
Ba dum-tss!