weird thing that just happened
Oct. 10th, 2020 06:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
asakiyumeI was talking to my neighbor on her front lawn, and an unknown-to-us guy, White guy in his 50s, maybe, or maybe 60s, short silvery hair and sunglasses on, drives up. He rolls down the window and...
Him: Hey, hey, I need to ask you something.
Us: .... Yes?
Him: My daughter is thinking of moving into this neighborhood, is looking to move into this neighborhood, but I need to know: are there a lot of Trump supporters here?
Us: .... There are ... some. You'll see a few signs if you drive around.
(I would guess my neighborhood is 80% anti-Trump or neutral and 20% pro-Trump.)
Him: But it's mainly anti-Trump, right? She's coming from Texas and doesn't want to live with a whole bunch of Trump supporters.
(I can't speak for my neighbor, but at this point I was feeling very uncomfortable about this guy.)
Us: Well, yes, there are probably more anti-Trump people than pro-Trump people, but you'll find both.
Him: Okay, thanks. *Drives off with a vroom along a quiet residential road.*
Me: That felt fake. I don't think that guy was really asking for his daughter.
Her: He drove off like a Trump supporter.
It was very strange
Him: Hey, hey, I need to ask you something.
Us: .... Yes?
Him: My daughter is thinking of moving into this neighborhood, is looking to move into this neighborhood, but I need to know: are there a lot of Trump supporters here?
Us: .... There are ... some. You'll see a few signs if you drive around.
(I would guess my neighborhood is 80% anti-Trump or neutral and 20% pro-Trump.)
Him: But it's mainly anti-Trump, right? She's coming from Texas and doesn't want to live with a whole bunch of Trump supporters.
(I can't speak for my neighbor, but at this point I was feeling very uncomfortable about this guy.)
Us: Well, yes, there are probably more anti-Trump people than pro-Trump people, but you'll find both.
Him: Okay, thanks. *Drives off with a vroom along a quiet residential road.*
Me: That felt fake. I don't think that guy was really asking for his daughter.
Her: He drove off like a Trump supporter.
It was very strange
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Date: 2020-10-11 11:00 am (UTC)And why, really, should we? Racism is [among other things] a set of contemptuous feelings for people for something over which they have no control. No one chooses the melanin content of their skin. But people choose their political views, and as their political views get more and more hurtful to everyone except themselves, why should the rest of us defend them?