RoNov 20, 2022
I will never understand why people are so averse to diversity.

I like seeing trans people speaking to each other with idioms I don't get, cute girls speaking a language I can't recognize, or gay dudes priming and posing in random pics.

Seeing shit that is not for me makes me feel like I'm part of a much bigger world that still has space for me to learn and grow.

That's a big place of comfort for me. The bottomless nature of the human experience means we all have space to be fully who we are.

That's pretty cool.
Show threadOnlyFeaturesNov 21, 2022

@Are0h If I had to guess, it comes from a place of fear, guilt, or a lack of understanding?

It takes work to move from a narrow understanding of the world, to a larger one.

The population of my high school when growing up was very white. I think there was one black student in 2000 students. Never mind the fact that the word "gay" was used was casually used as a slur.

Show threadOnlyFeaturesNov 21, 2022
@Are0h It took a personal growth, reflection, and exposure to people different from me to understand the value of diversity. I expect the same is true of other people who have had exposure to a heterogeneous culture.
Show threadRoNov 21, 2022
@onlyfeatures In my travels, no this isn't the case. I've found in Western culuptutes there is an effort to demonize other cultures but most other places are cautiously courteous of not out right friendly.

Bigotry is taught. It's not natural.
Show threadOnlyFeaturesNov 21, 2022
@Are0h I see. So your statement about not understanding why people are so adverse to diversity was rhetorical then?
Show threadRoNov 21, 2022
@onlyfeatures ha read what I said again
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@Are0h You don't understand why people are adverse to diversity, because you think the bottomless nature of the human experience allowing space to be fully who we are is pretty cool.

Is that correct?

Nov 21, 2022 at 1:49amWeb
Show threadOnlyFeaturesNov 21, 2022
@Are0h Or that you don't understand why people are adverse to diversity because people are taught bigotry?
Show threadRoNov 21, 2022
@onlyfeatures Jesus Christ... I don't understand why people are averse to diversity because bigotry is inherently nonsensical.

See where I'm going?
Show threadOnlyFeaturesNov 21, 2022

@Are0h Yes. Thank you for stating that. That's what I was asking for you to clarify about. I wanted to understand in plain terms what you were saying.

All I tried to do is to provide a hypothesis as to why people believe something nonsensical. Apparently I failed in my communication of my thoughts. I'm sorry.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me, I hope you have a good rest of your day.