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Dancing in the Rain  

LiveLifeDoU 69F  
1163 posts
8/22/2018 7:22 pm
Dancing in the Rain


I got called a racist in a public chat room today because I asked a guy if he danced in the rain.
Back up a couple of posts in the room:

Someone greeted me, asked how my day had been and I replied that I wish it would rain.
Someone else responded to my post, stating he had been in and out of heavy rainfalls all day. So I asked this someone else if he had danced in the rain. Visions of Gene Kelly in the movie Dancing In The Rain came to mind.
His response surprised the hell out of me.
He stated that I had stooped to a new low with that racial slur.

Now this is a guy I had met in the chat room two days earlier. We had a nice, short visit that day, I sent him a friend request, and he accepted with a warm thank you. The next day, he was talking politics in the chat room when I came in. I disagreed with what he was saying so I politely posted a very short response, ending it with 'imo' as I always do. Suffice it to say that within a few minutes, because I disagreed with his opinion, he was chastising me for butting into the conversation in the first place. I told him I respected his right to his opinion and stated I was also entitled to my opinion. At that point, I was not having any fun so I left the room and went to another room to visit with friends.

That brings us to today and his statement to me about the racial slur. I posted that I had no idea what he meant by a racial slur from me and asked where he got that?
He posted he meant the Dance in the Rain question to him, then stated he was Native American.
The light went on. I actually did not know this person was Native American and, even if I did, I was humming 'Singing in the Rain' when I made the post. So I posted that I was caucasian and I danced in the rain and that I did not consider my comment to be a racial slur, imo
He posted how bad it was when someone disagrees with you and then finds every opportunity to trash you.

Wow. Just kinda blew me away with his hate towards me. And all because I disagreed with him politically. Even though I was polite, respectful of his opinions, nice in my wording of my disagreements....people who know me, know that I am that way, even when being bashed by harassers.

I chose to leave the room at that point. I've never thought the public chat rooms were the place to fight. However, soon I went back, knowing if he started in on me again, I could just put him on ignore. I have friends in that room and did want to visit with them.

This kind of instant hate seems to be all too prevalent these day.
LiveLifeDoU 69F  
2199 posts
8/22/2018 7:22 pm

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