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Contradictions [1]

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Date: 2023-11-13  

I am an elderly white male. My wife claims that I am on the spectrum. “They/ them” pronouns feel wrong. I am enough of a prude that I don’t want to hear/think about gay sex. My first wife was a medical student, and I shudder that anyone would want to undergo any medical procedure that wasn’t essential. I am a (Jewish) atheist and view religion as at best amoral and deluded, and at worst evil and dangerous. I tend to be more aware and cautious around black males that I don’t know than around white ones.

A little context is useful: I love Scottish music and hate opera. The house adjacent to mine has several gay couples. They are very nice people, and their kids are now grown and in college. Years ago we took in a high-school class-mate of my daughter because her step-father was a bit abusive. They are now in their 30s, and have a very nice trans-girl friend. I do bike work for neighbors and kids, and some of sweetest people I have helped are the members of a Pakistani Muslim family. A week ago an older black neighbor brought over a couple of bikes that he hoped I could fix up and donate to the kids in our local schools. He died unexpectedly two days later, and I am not sure that there is anyone of us in the neighborhood who is isn’t grieving.

There is no contradiction between the above two paragraphs. We are all different. People who are kind deserve our respect, and love.

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