Well that is the same as a "gothic person" shopping abercrombie.....It doesn't happen....And it is out of place, for a "goth" to shop there....
But if your in fuckin wal*mart or the mall, you should accept anyone, do you stare at the people who are from another race? Well you shouldn't it's not only rude, but it's racial....And many people are in a sense racial towards "gothic people."
First off, I think you mean "racist". Because RACIAL means pertaining to race, and really doesn't make sense there. And you can't be racist against Goth's because they aren't a race. I think you mean prejudiced. But I get the idea of what you are trying to say. I'm just polishing it :wink:
To the point at hand, for me it's not about accepting someone. If someone dressed like a freak (lets say some trekie dressed up like spoc) comes up to me and asks me a question or tries to make small talk, I'm not gonna walk away or laugh at him or her for it. I accept ANYONE no matter how weird they look. But I'm still gonna gawk a bit. I might stare. Or comment to my buddy when the guy walks away.
BUT, some people aren't that accepting. And you open yourself up for this when you dress/act strange.
If your complaint is that people are MEAN to you for how you dress... well, thats legitimate. People shouldn't do that. If your complaint is that people STARE at you, then you're just being whiney.
Hmmm... so in a way I am backing off from my stance. It's like this, if you dress strange you should expect people to NOTICE it. But when people behave differently towards you as a result, that is prejudice and it is WRONG and people should be better than that. But at the same time, you open yourself up to prejudice by choosing to be different, so you bring it on yourself.
So you bring the worst of people out by being different. Interesting concept. I'm kinda going stream of consciousness here.... I need to think about this idea for a while....... kinda the same question as the whole "is it HER fault she was raped cause she dressed like a whore" debate.
As for the race question, for me, it depends. For example, if i see a fundamentalist Jew wearing the full beard and curly wig and all, I'm gonna gawk a little. Same if I see an Ahrab woman in the full muslim head gear. I'm gonna gawk. It's unusual, you don't see it every day. I always look at anything I find weird.
---Andrew
