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[mdmc]

A couple years later, I was attending school in Colorado. I was at a keg party. I had met a few guys and they had introduced me to hundreds of cool people, including some hot, crunchy chicks.

Some guy (called "Doobie", by the way) started talking about gays and minorities. He was homophobic and racist. At the end of his rant, he asked me, "Yo, Mike, your from NY. What do you think of mexicans and gays."

I told him that I didn't know any gay people, and the mexicans that I knew where hard working folks. I then told him that at first, I thought this crowd was cool, mountain folk. Now I thought that they were red neck hill-billy racist. The room went silent.

I told them how it was. They didn't want to be hillbillies, rednecks. We remained friends, but they definitely held their tongues around me...

I never remain cool when my ideals are compromised. I'd rather start trouble then be cool.