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Old Jun 24, 2020, 09:19 PM
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I heard so many ridiculous ignorant stupid comments in my life that I can write a book.

I already told this story at some point. We once had this lady invited to a Passover dinner, she was a lovely person, uneducated and quite ignorant but mostly kind hearted. She was afraid to touch Matzos. We tried to explain to her that it’s just flour and water. We didn’t even attempt to explain religious significance. Just that it’s not dangerous food.

She said she knows we put blood of Christian babies in it so she is afraid to touch it. She then said she’s learned it in her church (whatever backwards church that was).

We weren’t even offended because frankly it’s just too funny to even be offended about plus clearly many people are just that ignorant. We ensured her that there’s no one blood mixed in anything. 😂😂😂

I’ve heard a lot of anti Semitic and anti immigrant comments in my life on both continents. It gets better and then it goes back to square one. I feel for your husband who likely heard ton of offensive comments over the years. Did people ask him about illegal immigration?

I had someone asked me if I am afraid to be deported with new administration. I said I am US citizen and the person commented that it shouldn’t matter, anyone foreign born could be deported. 😂😂😂😂 I’ve read on Reddit that on of foreign born Americans are asked that! What the what...

People don’t even know laws of their own country. I guess we can’t expect them to understand other cultures. Sad. And don’t get me started on languages. People who only speak one have no understanding of what it means to speak many. I am trilingual and am learning 4th. I was criticized on online forum that I made syntax mistakes typing in a rush. Criticized by a person who isn’t even educated in ONE single language she or he barely speaks. Oh boy

I suspect your husband is just fed up. At some point anyone is allowed to just have enough of it. He might forgive them later but he clearly needs a break from this.

Didn’t mean to hijack, just relating to experience of people like your husband. He has rights to be fed up at least for the time being
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