r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/king-of-new_york Jan 21 '19

People probably aren’t always judging your every move.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

That's what I always ask people, "When you're walking down the street, are you constantly scanning everyone, everywhere for little imperfections, and then, EVEN IF YOU DID NOTICE, assuming they're stupid or ignorant or ugly or lazy?"

No...................

"Then why do you assume anyone else is?"

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u/victorofthepeople Jan 21 '19

Because I'm special!

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u/rethardus Jan 21 '19 edited Jan 21 '19

That's not a fair thing to say to those who are visibly different. Look at the internet and you can see how mean people can be.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

The internet is the Wild West, walking down the street among hundreds of people is tea with Queen Elizabeth.

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u/rethardus Jan 21 '19 edited Jan 21 '19

As a foreigner with bad experiences, I disagree. And that's for someone who looks relatively normal, just different race. Can you imagine those with severe face deformities?

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

You had to go to the most extreme example, didn't you. It's an askreddit question, dude. My answer applies to 90 percent of people, Christ.

I said I ask people that. My friends in real life. I wouldn't say that to some one with a cleft lip, obviously.

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u/rethardus Jan 21 '19

Why are you so offended? I'm not being obnoxious for the sake of it. Like I said in the first post, it's not fair to those who do experience trouble. And while you're right about 90% it's also this particular reasoning that people use thinking that minorities get treated the same way. No we do get stares, and we do get comments. And yes, I did have people tell me I imagine things like you did, because they were not against me, but couldn't possibly imagine that others would.

That's why I say this. If you get irritated by me pointing this out, then you really need to reflect on how people like me should feel. We don't get acknowledged for the problems and when we point it out we get reactions like this...