Reply #6: I always confront bigots - always

[TorchTheWitch]

One of the biggest problems I've noticed with almost all bigots is that they assume that their bigotry is universal, so when they make a bigoted comment and no one speaks up they assume that though no one said they agreed their silence confirmed that they did agree. If people spoke up when bigots make their ugly comments eventually they would get it through their heads that their bigotry is NOT universally accepted, and that alone may make them rethink their beliefs... at least it may make them not so prone to making such gross comments and keeping their bigotry to themselves.

I'm blonde and glow in the dark lily white, and it seems to me for this reason people who are bigots against dark skinned people always feel comfortable making their ugly comments to me as though they're sure that because I'm not just white but REALLY white I would agree with them. It baffles me how shocked they are when I hand them their ass for making such ugly comments to me as if I'd actually agree with such nastiness. I always make sure I give these people the dressing down they deserve loud enough so that at least several more people in the vicinity hear me giving the shithead what for. Inevitably, the people that overhear smile encouragement at me and give nasty looks to the bigoted bigmouth, and I love it when said bigoted bigmouth suddenly realizes that "Oh my Gaaaaawd! NONE of these other white people agree with me!" You can see clearly that realization all over their face as they try to slink under the table.

Occasionally one or two of the people that overheard will come up to me and thank me for speaking up, and I always tell them that if more people DID speak up maybe these shits would get it into their thick heads that their bigoted beliefs are NOT universally accepted and start thinking about why that is.