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⌈ Secret Post #6598 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Purity test time!

[(Anonymous)]

They're saying they were bigots in the past, that's what I'm talking about.

Like the other anon said, I learned from a young age that everyone was equal and that it wasn't fair or right to judge entire groups of people based on things like skin color or orientation. I've never used a racial slur, I've never used gay as an insult, etc., because I knew those things were wrong and hurt people's feelings.

I'm just saying there are some of us who honestly never said those things, which the people in this thread seem to think is impossible.

Re: Purity test time!

[(Anonymous)]

How old are you, by chance?

Growing up in the 90s in the US, lots of us definitely weren't taught that discriminating based on sexual orientation was wrong. Lots of religions taught that it was right, even. And if you grew up in the 80s the Reagan admin was treating the AIDS epidemic like a joke.

It's easy to not be a bigot if people are teaching you not to be, but it's harder when they're not, so I can see where people are coming from.

Re: Purity test time!

[(Anonymous)]

30s. I also grew up in the 90s/early 2000s but in what is now labeled a "blue" area, with fairly liberal parents who were not religious.

I can understand how someone who grew up in an extremely conservative, very religious environment would think differently, though.

Re: Purity test time!

[(Anonymous)]

I learned all that too, but due to growing up in certain culture I wasn't exposed to certain things and so grew up subconciously bigoted. I didnt think I was. I never used slurs or made fun of groups of people or anything like that. But as I grew up and was exposed to more of the world I realized I had some stereotypes and subconcious bias.

You seem to be under the belief that the only way to be a bigot is to use racial slurs and bigoted insults amd that is just not true. It isnt always an active purposeful thing that you choose.

Re: Purity test time!

[(Anonymous)]

"You seem to be under the belief that the only way to be a bigot is to use racial slurs and bigoted insults amd that is just not true."

To be fair, the OP did say based on your own standards.

Re: Purity test time!

[(Anonymous)]

DA

To be even fairer then, assuming that the people saying "I used to be a bigot" = "saying slurs proudly and openly" instead of "subconsciously biased against X, when I went back and thought about it" would also be wrong, because they are also basing it on their standards, right?

Re: Purity test time!

[(Anonymous)]

True. There are people saying they used to use gay as an insult, though, and while I guess that's not technically "using a slur", I feel like it's along the same lines.