I live in one of those states, and it's *very* discouraging. Hurtful, even. It occurs to me sometimes that I could think about moving, that I might have to someday if I want to do all the things a person should be able to do. But I hate the idea of moving *because* of this, because that's one less person here to change things, you know? If tolerant people move away, my home, the place where my nieces are growing up, will just become more of a mire of fear and hate.
And I understand what you mean, but I hope tolerant people wouldn't steer clear just because of this (though there might not be any reason at all that you would *want* to come here, heh) because I believe that the more broad-viewed, open people who come into contact with more narrow-viewed people... foolishly, maybe, I just think that that kind of contact can't hurt the narrow-viewed folks' experience, in the grand scheme. It's one of the reasons I teach ESL. The more different people we meet, the more we understand. I hope.
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Date: 2008-11-06 07:58 pm (UTC)And I understand what you mean, but I hope tolerant people wouldn't steer clear just because of this (though there might not be any reason at all that you would *want* to come here, heh) because I believe that the more broad-viewed, open people who come into contact with more narrow-viewed people... foolishly, maybe, I just think that that kind of contact can't hurt the narrow-viewed folks' experience, in the grand scheme. It's one of the reasons I teach ESL. The more different people we meet, the more we understand. I hope.