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I live/grew up in a big city in the bible belt. I certianly dont think I’m winning the persecution olympics but i have been

a) uninvited to bday parties as a child after I was found out

b) at 12 I had a bible thrown at my head on the school bus

c)bullied with what I “would put on my planet” in high school

d)and this summer, fifteen years later, was told point blank that I would never be considered for a teaching position at the private school my children were attending (even after the administration sent out a desperation email to the entire school that they didnt have any suitable candidates for second grade and to reach out to their neighbors, friends)

Do I think the same crap happens to a lot of other little boys and girls in the bible belt (and everywhere else on the planet)? Yes. Is it still discrimination even if someone else has it worse? Also yes. Does being discriminated against mean you are only a victim and never been an aggressor in discrimimating against someone else? Clearly not. I also said unkind and cringey things as a tween. I can say homeatly I never had hate or malice in my heart more just a still growing empathy and a bad sense of humor . I think that is probably true of the majority of the people who have said unkind and cringey things to me (not the bible throwing kid. He wanted to hurt me. Which is forgiveable but not excuseable) But their unkindness has also lived in my head for twenty years. So….perception is reality.

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