all of this could be avoided if people stopped being so extremely terrified of "otherness" Yes. It also makes me wonder WHY people are so afraid of otherness. Because maybe if they think about it, it's possible they have to change their worldview (which leads us back to feeling safe withing preconceived ideas)?
Or maybe if they think about it, they discover things about themselves they don't like.
It is frustrating, though. But we have to keep figthing the stupidity!! We have to, because if we let it go unnoticed, people will think it's acceptable to be horrible about anything or anyone that's "different".
Don't even get me started on how people react to people with mental illnesses. I've seen some examples of that after my dad had his breakdown and sweet Jesus on a plane, it's not pretty. I joined the Anti Label Campaign of the Dutch Schizophrenic Association because of all that shit. Another example of people being so fucking scared of what they don't know, that they try to exorcize it by insulting it.
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Or maybe if they think about it, they discover things about themselves they don't like.
It is frustrating, though. But we have to keep figthing the stupidity!! We have to, because if we let it go unnoticed, people will think it's acceptable to be horrible about anything or anyone that's "different".
Don't even get me started on how people react to people with mental illnesses. I've seen some examples of that after my dad had his breakdown and sweet Jesus on a plane, it's not pretty. I joined the Anti Label Campaign of the Dutch Schizophrenic Association because of all that shit. Another example of people being so fucking scared of what they don't know, that they try to exorcize it by insulting it.
Yeah. Mankind...