I was at a bar (with a hottie) last night and we were having a good time. We both work in the same field, and she is a successful professional with an MBA. She was being friendly, so was I, and it’s important to keep in mind that the tone of our conversation was one of fun and light heartedness in order to really comprehend what was said (or rather, what she meant)
So we’re feeling loose, talking, and she mentioned something about can’t waiting “until my student loan debt is written off by Obama.”
And I was immediately taken by surprise. I’ve known her for a very long time and politics never came up, and our field is very far right-leaning so I was a bit surprised at her comment and figured it was just sarcasm. A little while later, we started talking about something else and Israel came up and that’s when the crazy talk started. I won’t waste your time with every single issue we spoke about, but just know that she’s as far left as you can get on virtually every single issue. (Except guns, surprisingly. She was the victim of a home invasion, battery, and robbery and realized if she had a gun she could have defended herself…) Again, keep in mind we are clarifying our points of view in good humor and fun. No animosity whatsoever.
During that time, a lesbian couple and a gay couple came in and sat next to us. Their sexual orientation was extremely obvious. She immediately said “Why do carpet munchers have to come in and ruin a good time?” And I was blown away, as we had just discussed gay marriage and she said that she “totally supported gay rights and all that stuff.” I called her out on that, and she was like “haha lesbians are soooo annoying though! I don’t care if they get married, but I don’t like them.”
I let it go. About 15 minutes later we were waiting on getting our drinks refilled and the bartender, who was a latina, was running a little behind. And then she went on a huge rant about how lazy “Mexicans” are and how she’s sick and tired of “black people and Mexicans” taking their sweet time. Again, keep in mind we had just discussed that the “reason minorities are so oppressed is because the system is designed to keep them down. Arrest them all, give them felonies, and they can’t get jobs or vote is the name of the game.”
Now I was a little angry. I didn’t let it show, but I couldn’t believe I was sitting next to this racist piece of trash. However, I couldn’t resist not saying anything so I called her out on her hypocrisy. Her 100% completely straight faced, dead ass, no BS, cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die serious response was
“I’m allowed to have feelings like that, because I voted for Obama.”
Unbelievable.