I'm so happy you said something. You have a lot of courage!

from such things ceasing to happen. It wasn't so long ago that "some parts of the country" were actually most of the country. Much has changed in the past 5 years, as Joe Biden pointed out.

on the west coast in Seattle and LA who have become very insular forget there are different places and cultures in the US. It's especially ironic since they come from the east. Our democracy is at risk, we're in serious times now and useless distractions and divisions aren't welcome. Glad you spoke up about the incident.

I’ve been in Seattle more than thirty years. I came up from the Gulf Coast by way of several years in NC where my in laws still are.

Bless Seattle’s heart, it’s got a very liberal self image. And in fact it is very liberal. It can also be terribly blind to its faults. I think the protests were probably fairly accurate if you hang out in some areas and ignore a few things but Joe and certainly staff was ham handed in not reading up on the prevailing self image. He could well have spoken about the actual gay bashings that have happened in recent months. At least they’d be hard to deny.

Seattle is funny. At least in the South people talk about the problems. Here they don’t grapple very much, and sometimes that’s the real problem.

Biden "out of order"? About what.

BTW, I have lived in Goldsboro for the past 3 years, migrating from NJ and so far I have heard less bigoted remarks from people around here than I did in NJ.

I honestly can't explain what my post meant in all probability. I was trying to say I thought he was right.

I just don't understand people who get some kind of kick out of making fun of anyone else for any reason.

Even five years ago, it was fairly common to make fun of a gay man in open company.

Biden was right.

I remember how happy we were on DU when this happened.

Link to tweet

What made it obvious this person was gay. Was he “lisping?” Limp wrist? (Sarcasm for those who need the hint).

Just what stereotype did you and the others in the store latch onto to decide this person was gay?

I was born and grew up in NC; oddly never had that experience in that sort of situation.

What was your comment when you “said something?” Sounds like a really cool story.

The man who got talked about made his purchase and paid for it. He was dressed in clothing that is more flamboyant that males tend to wear and his mannerisms were more effete than most men. He left. After he left the woman behind the counter said to another employee it is one of those people. I was getting a soda and some candy, went to pay for it and was asked how I was. I said fine I am on my way to my weekly chorus rehearsal with the Triangle Gay Men's chorus. A great group of guys to sing with. As she got very red and started stammering, I said, my sister used to work in customer service type jobs so I know if I called your corporate offices I would get you in big trouble. I won't do so this time. See you next week, I guess.