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La Lioness Priyanka

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14. i am telling you what i experience as a minority voice

Reply to seabeyond (Reply #13)

Sat Dec 17, 2011, 07:52 PM

Dec 2011

and why i personally dont trust the majority. as you and others have said earlier, trust is earned. i am saying its not just earned vis-a-vis men and women, its earned in other regards as well.

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Trust is earned, not automatic. [View all] redqueen Dec 2011 OP

I think this applies to anything really. chrisa Dec 2011 #1

It does. redqueen Dec 2011 #2

Trust is never automatic. CrispyQ Dec 2011 #3

Schrodinger's Rapist is the term I've heard. iris27 Dec 2011 #4

Excellent blog. Thanks for posting the link. -nt CrispyQ Dec 2011 #5

That analogy became very popular when Rebecca Watson was lambasted redqueen Dec 2011 #10

sort of how i feel about straight people. nt La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #6

i would imagine the blacks feel the same. i can totally understand seabeyond Dec 2011 #7

i think most straight people dont bother to take a lgbt perspective when they state things. most La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #8

i agree with you. i am sorry you dont feel welcome. seabeyond Dec 2011 #9

the last sentence changes..... it seems like you are suggesting that there is not room for seabeyond Dec 2011 #11

the majority very rarely accomodate for minority opinion La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #12

again, it feels like you're saying, not gonna happen seabeyond Dec 2011 #13

i am telling you what i experience as a minority voice La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #14

i have yet to hear any anti gay mentality here. i would hope you had the courage to speak out seabeyond Dec 2011 #15

again, i used the word perspective pretty deliberately La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #16

you were not excluded when i say physical violence against women. seabeyond Dec 2011 #17

While I agree to a point LadyHawkAZ Dec 2011 #18

I think it comes from experience, the level of fear. redqueen Dec 2011 #19

I understand where it comes from LadyHawkAZ Dec 2011 #20

it did make me aggressive when pressed. seabeyond Dec 2011 #21

I was much more meek in my teens LadyHawkAZ Dec 2011 #22

but, i think that is so common and why so many older men go after the young. of course seabeyond Dec 2011 #23