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It's hilarious how afraid conservatives tend to be of cities (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago by BeamBrain@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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I've lived in a big city for years now. Never seen anybody get mugged, or shot, or carjacked, despite doing activist work that often has me visiting poor minority neighborhoods.

The only time I ever really felt uneasy was when I had to walk alone at night through a neighborhood where all the businesses had bars on the windows. Worst thing that happened was a couple of people asking me for money, and they didn't give me any shit when I said I didn't carry cash.

But any time I visit the small town where I grew up there's always someone or another acting like I came back from a fucking warzone lmao

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[-] Twink@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago

This isn't just US conservatives. A Polish upper class lesbian I knew remarked on ethnicity a lot and told me to be wary of my neighbourhood due to "many ethnics" as she put it. Racism seems to be a universal rich people thing as well. :/

[-] Mokey@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago

I just feel like there has to be some connection to all the dipshit racist Eastern Europeans who love America and Capitalism but hate communism

[-] Twink@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

I don't recall her ever speaking of US or capitalism. She was possibly the richest person I've met in Europe and the cultural gap between rich raised rich and poor raised poor was too great. She had no friends in the country so I felt bad over leaving her be and kinda hoped she'd get better but she didn't. She was the type not to think she's racist because she fetishized black women.

[-] Mokey@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

Just speaking from personal experience. She sounds awful.

[-] Twink@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

She helped me a couple of times, but I was definitely very uncomfortable around her. :/

[-] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

Eastern European libs fetishize USA, and it logically leads them into racism, because, of course, the only reason non-white people in the free, equal and rich US are disproportionately poor is because they are lazy and stupid.