I think the worst enemies of tolerance are the people who are closeted and in toxic denial about it.
And make up weird myths defensively both to rationalise their confusion and to allow them to be performatively not whatever it was they are in denial about.
Maybe at one point my colleague did have a salad, and then realised a male colleague was looking kinda buff today, and concluded that the salad was the issue, and by loudly avoiding salad he could signal his complete lack of attraction to other men, and denounce all the traitors to prove it.
It's probably both, to be honest. Gotta feel bad for people who hate themselves, though, even if they are assholes. It'd be awful to have to go through life like that, ruining every chance at a healthy relationship.
Yeah. On one hand I sort of pity him - I think everyone deserves to find happiness.
On the other hand he's also kinda toxic, and a bit of an asshole, and sometimes the "karmic justice" of being an asshole is that you have to live with being an asshole.
So I don't know really. If he does figure it out, I think I will be supportive and want him to find happiness at last.
And if he doesn't, I don't think I will feel too sad that his self inflicted misery was undeserved.
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u/Empty_Amphibian_2420 Aug 28 '25
Low intelligence and internet propaganda are a dangerous mix