Wednesday, May 11, 2011

They're called stereotypes for a reason folks

One more time everyone

Jews are not all bankers or in control of Hollywood or whatever

Germans aren't Nazis and a lot of them aren't Blonde or beer drinkers or whatever

American Indians don't live in teepees, they're not all getting rich off casinos and they're not all drunks or whatever

Not all gays are fabulous or fit or softball players or whatever.

Muslims aren't terrorists any more than Lutherans are cannibals because of Jeffrey Dahmer. Yes, some folks who claim Islam as a religion have done some horrific things but most are just trying to live their lives and probably want to be left alone so they can do so.

Now, I'll grant you, there are probably Jewish bankers and Hollywood producers and there are probably more than a couple beer-drinking, blonde Germans. And some Lutherans turn out to be serial killers and some lawyers are horrible and some husbands kill their wives and some women kill their children.

And there sure are some fabulous, fit LGBT types.

But there are some jerky, unfabulous types in any community and there are good, hard-working people in any community.

Really, stereotypes are horrible and labelling your neighbors bomb makers is beyond the pale.

Why is it we can see that not all Lutherans are cannibals, but it's somehow o.k. to label Muslims as terrorists or gays as pedophiles (different think altogether, really).

http://curbed.com/archives/2011/05/11/holy-crap-someone-really-hates-living-next-to-a-mosque.php

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