I'm a black female lesbian Trump supporter

submitted by Assgnostic from self.offmychest

I live in Los Angeles so I don't say that out loud to anybody of course, I would get my ass beat. I understand I'm a minority, but I just read an article about twitter banning people who claim to be black Trump supporters and that made me laugh but also kind of sad and confused. I don't understand why it's so hard for people to think that someone who is black, gay, and/or a woman, didn't want to vote blue this year. Also, just because I'm voting red this year doesn't mean I suddenly did a radical 180 on all my beliefs. None of my beliefs changed; I'm still a pro-choice, pro-military, pro-borders, pro-2A, pro-America egalitarian. It's the people who claimed to speak for me all this time who changed.

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[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Welcome.

You should stop caring about what others think of you so much. Who cares? Fuck them. It’s your life.

People will always find a reason to judge you; doesn’t matter what race, sexuality or what your political beliefs are (or their combination). Sad troof.

[–]Assgnostic[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Thanks bro, it just sucks that I actually have to hide my beliefs for the sake of my safety rather than "oh no people will say mean things to me and not invite me to the cookout." It's funny to watch them go hysterical but it becomes less funny when there's a decent chance I'll be missing one of my teeth.

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it just sucks that I actually have to hide my beliefs

I know that feel. Sometimes the mask gets very heavy and it can be a very lonely feeling - just know you are far from alone in your beliefs and beings. I know "knowing" doesn't make the feelings any better, but caring less about what people think about you does. Then you start to act more freely, and attract more like-minded people into your life. Or not, all depends on the people around you, where you live and its culture (I know I'm not a city person, but I'm stuck in a large city). I think it's most important to stay true to you which is what you're doing, rather than changing yourself to fit into society's cookie-cutter expectations!