An Answermug pal says"Guys seem more accepting of female outcasts". That nails it for me! I have always been an outcast. Never lived up to the expectations of women for whate... moreAn Answermug pal says"Guys seem more accepting of female outcasts". That nails it for me! I have always been an outcast. Never lived up to the expectations of women for whatever reason. The guys? They either accepted me for who I am or ignored me. Period. No kvetching or editorializing or commenting. So that's why I am so much more comfortable with guys. I always thought it might have to do with the fact that my dad gave me unconditional acceptance whereas I always disappointed my mom. That's not easy to live with. Always being just a bit too inadequate. No one likes to feel that way. Anyway that is an insight I will always cherish. I don't know if it is true for any of you other female "outcasts". It is for me! :) less
a little research into the subject, during which I came across this article , which I feel puts it in perspective.
It amazes me how intellectually nimble people can be with r... morea little research into the subject, during which I came across this article , which I feel puts it in perspective.
It amazes me how intellectually nimble people can be with regard to one issue while simultaneously being obtuse with regard to another. The mental gymnastics in which many Evangelicals and Catholics engage in order to convince themselves that they are the real victims of persecution in America are worthy of a gold medal. There is no issue too grim, too new, or too heartbreaking that they will not wholly co-opt for the purposes of convincing themselves that they are, in America, the oppressed minority. Yet they have simultaneously turned off those same cognitive skills with regard to the very real plight of any other group in America because, in their minds, the only persecuted group in America are Christians.
In the recent and horrific racist massacre in Charleston, South Carolina, many Christians began to embrace the narrative that the attack was not race-based but, rather, an ... less
