Posted by jane d on February 1, 2003, at 14:34:18
In reply to I *don't* have/or want to *understand* bigotry! » jane d, posted by jay on February 1, 2003, at 13:22:41
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> Hey, I have *no* problem making fun of bigots! I am not going to be "p.c." and say "ohhh..those KKK Nazis need love too...". You gotta draw the line *somewhere*..
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> JayNeither do I. One of my favorite targets is the bigots on the left (and that would be my own side of the political fence by the way) who assume that you can make assumptions about someone's beliefs based on their social class or the accent they speak with or even whether they have a rifle mounted in their pickup truck and throw beer cans out the window.
To throw another stereotype into the mix this blind spot seems to be particularly common among educated, middle class residents of northeastern cities whose only exposure to southerners in on TV reruns. It's fascinating to see that this bias can cross national bounderies as well.
Jane,
who actually enjoyed some of the jokes and is trying to come up with the appropriate Northeastern Intellectual Snob counterparts (for private distribution only, of course)
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