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How Well Do You Conform to the Stereotypical View of Your Particular Political, Ethnic, Religious, Racial, etc. Group?

E.g, "godless gay, gun-grabbing liberals" or "atavistic, chest-thumping, jingoistic, ignorant conservatives."

(Note: don't kill the messenger.  I didn't contrive these stereotypes. :-))

Posted - October 5, 2016

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  • 2758
    I MIGHT conform to the stereotype of "straight, white, Christian libertarian" about eighteen percent of the time.
      October 5, 2016 12:04 AM MDT
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  • I'm a middle-aged (60,) atheist, rationalist, existentialist, green, classically liberal, healthy, heterosexual, not-so-straight married white woman, who never had kids, who practices Buddhist meditation and ethics, yoga, lives like a country yokel, has a history of periodic depressions, writes a lot, reads a lot, loves world music and dance and art and a zillion other subjects, smokes a rare reefer, drinks a glass of wine maybe three times a year with dinner and friends - bohemian - who has tried at least 4 careers, one of which lasted 20 years. Maybe half a hippie.
    Do I fit any category?
    Please tell me if I do, because I would love to have a sense of belonging. This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at October 5, 2016 1:15 PM MDT
      October 5, 2016 3:39 AM MDT
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  • 3907
    Hello H:

    You fit MY category to a tee, although that may not be the news you were hoping for.

    excon
      October 5, 2016 4:43 AM MDT
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  • 2758
    That's part of the exercise: to discover how well we identify with those who aren't in our particular or usual milieu.
      October 5, 2016 1:19 PM MDT
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  • 2758
    LOL!  The question isn't for me to answer, Hartfire.  YOU have to answer it.  You're the only one who CAN answer it.

    That said, IF I were to put you into a stereotypical pigeonhole, I'd say you fit quite nicely into the old school liberal category (right alongside my parents). :-)
      October 5, 2016 1:16 PM MDT
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  • 63
    I don't really conform to any stereotypes.
      October 5, 2016 5:48 AM MDT
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  • 2758
    Except possibly that of the maverick nonconformist. :-)
      October 5, 2016 1:17 PM MDT
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  • 3375
    Honestly?  I probably fit the mold without trying.
      October 5, 2016 1:29 PM MDT
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