(02-10-2023, 11:58 PM)captivating Wrote:

(02-10-2023, 04:32 PM)Ronster Wrote: Don’t play dumb, you know it’s because you want to equate being for traditional values with being a closet racist

Well let's be honest, traditional values does equate to being racist and sexist.

Traditional value are based on a traditional household where the woman's role was to spread her legs and get pregnant and then rear the children while the man earned the household money. It's also about communities of the same.  White people only associate with white people and black people do the same.  Whites go to church with whites and blacks go to church with church with blacks and never the twain shall meet.  Only Christian values are taught at schools.  Mohammad and Allah - that's some foreign Arab thing - yuk.  Buddhism - isn't that some cute fat guy who's belly we rub for luck.

Who taught you this nonsense? It's 2023 for crying out loud. Only the very strict religious groups or very old folks believe that crap and there are fewer of those than you think because that generation is dying off. 

By your account of what traditional values are I would most definitely count myself out of that group. I guess it's the old school feminist in me. Or the critical thinker. Or the part of me that doesn't like being put in a box of, "because you believe _____, then you must be ______." 

What a load of BS. I tend more toward traditional values but I'm not that woman who ever thought I had to get married to be happy and I certainly never wanted kids and never thought I needed a man to take care of me. I don't care what color anyone is, I talk to everyone just the same. I don't remember the last time a Christian value was taught in school, but it's been a long time since I was in a classroom. 

Live and let live is my thing. Do I have an opinion on certain issues? Absolutely, but that doesn't mean I hate anyone. It just means I have an opinion and sometimes it's a strong opinion. I'm a practical minded person, not one driven by feelings.

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