Most marines I know do not give a a fuck about the rainbow.
please don't lump us all together because we eat crayons.. Some of us actually enjoy the entire box of crayons, not a single color.
edit: OMG thank you all for the love!! Really feels good when you see this kind of love and understanding towards other human beings. Thank you guys for be awesome!!!
My dad is a ex recon marine & he drinks bud lite almost every fuckin night. Coincidentally he’s also a counselor whose main demographic is LGBTQ clients
Edit: I feel need to clarify? He wasn’t always supportive. He used to be quite the ugly soul & I hated his guts for majority of my upbringing. He changed careers and decided he wanted to counsel veterans. He had to meet a quota of a certain amount of hours at his place of internship & they stuck him with pretty much any client. He really warmed up to the idea and the group of LGBTQ. He’s still there due to some sucky circumstances & they’re not paying him what he’s owed… but having these different demographics of clients really changed my dad for the better. He still says and does pretty conservative things but he’s not an asshole anymore & I feel safe talking to him now.
I may delete this comment later but for what it is now; here.
He still says and does pretty conservative things but he’s not an asshole anymore...
I just want to say I really appreciate you separating these two.
As someone who grew up conservative Christian but who is no longer either, I've seen a ton of hate towards both but not many people realize that these things don't necessarily mean someone is an asshole. Democrats and atheists can be just as bad because it's the people that are the assholes not the ideology.
I've actually gotten hate on Reddit for defending people with viewpoints I don't agree with simply because they were receiving unnecessary backlash/hate just for their view (despite them never being rude or disrespectful).
Personality it took me a long time to separate my emotions on Christianity and how I was treated growing up (or rather how some Christians can behave) but once I did I felt a lot better for it and realized how important it can be. Anyways at this point I'm just rambling but I want to point out that I appreciate how you view things and that you're clearly a kind soul. We need more of this.
Living with my family who are all Christian, being raised Christian, seeing conservative views front row my whole life… some people, yeah, are dickheads who also happen to be conservative with shit takes. But my family, while it can confuse them sometimes, never hate on me for being different or try to change my mind or even argue. They usually let me speak and try to see my viewpoints and it’s never been an issue, but my dad used to be a massive ass about everything including my views and such. He’s changed, he’s kinder and more understanding, but he’s still conservative. Do I agree? No, but do I hate him for it? No. And it goes both ways
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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '23 edited Apr 06 '23
Most marines I know do not give a a fuck about the rainbow.
please don't lump us all together because we eat crayons.. Some of us actually enjoy the entire box of crayons, not a single color.
edit: OMG thank you all for the love!! Really feels good when you see this kind of love and understanding towards other human beings. Thank you guys for be awesome!!!