weird experience this morning. reminded me that there are people in the world very, very different from me. i had all the yucky feelings one would expect from such an encounter (snobbiness, dislike, superiority, things along that vein) but some of the good ones that can be got too (questioning my own positions, the way i have reality arranged).
it was really little and i didn't actually speak to them, but in the computer lab some people my mind affectionately labeled "gross hicks" came and sat with me. freckled buff guy in a baseball hat and some mouse voiced girl talking about hunting this weekened, bringing home deer and antelope and ducks, shooting them "right between the eyes" oo what fun. at least they talked about making steaks out of them (i actually dont mind hunting all that much if you eat it; its probably healthier and more ethical than store bought meat).
anyways, despite that, im still anti angry blood lusty hick with subservient girlfriend.
so then i started thinking about how i would come off to them if they knew me. snobby elitist college student? ignorant house bred city girl?
the point is not whether they were wrong or i am. the point is what would have to change in my perception for us to be friends? i would have to not be such a snob. i know this snobbery is what a lot of conservatives hate about liberals (but if only they weren't so dumb!! my brain whispers, i wouldn't feel so much better than them).
how do we go about loving our neighbors, anyway?
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it's so hard! this damn superiority is keeping me from making friends.
I usually try to be friends with everyone, or at least be civil. I would want the same for me, so that's what I try to do. Anyway, it was GREAT seeing you tonight! I forgot how much I like hanging out with you! We should do it more often! XOXOXO
Receive a calling where you have to serve in a presidency or something with an "opposite" person, and pretty soon, you will find that there is more in common than there is not in common.
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