Reply #145: Of course it does. [View All]

[LWolf]

I don't know Lambert or Idol, since I've never watched it.

I know this, though: humanity seems to gravitate towards suspicion and scapegoating of those who are "different" in any way.

Is it the competition between our forebears over territory and resources, somehow hardwired into our genes? Is it something else? I don't know, but people seem to NEED an enemy, someone to hate, someone to bully, someone to be a scapegoat. Nationality, ethnicity, race, culture, gender, sexual orientation, political affiliation, religious affiliation, trade or profession, hobby, ...there are as many ways to group up and "hate" those different as there are people.

I have no doubt that you would not be hired in my district if there were suspicion that you were gay. While there are open-minded people here, this community is still a mainly rural, homogenous white, christian, and closeted population.