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[mamadeb]

What do you do when everyone is squeeing over something that offends you in ways that are distinctly not politically correct? (The political incorrectness is on my part, not the "somethings" part.)

I know. Just don't say anything.

But it's annoying that I don't feel free to express that opinion openly.

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[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

The difference is, I don't want to hurt people who are actually in that sort of relationship. I have a lot of intermarried friends and relatives, and whatever I feel about the relationships themselves, I care about the people in them. Stating my personal beliefs about Gd can hurt no one.

I'm not shy about other squicks of mine.

But, huh. Yeah. I think there are ways of saying it that, if I hadn't made such a, um, megillah out of it this time, I could have said. Now, not much point. "I think that this particular songvid is funny and well-done. Unfortunately, it hits my intermarriage squick hard, and I had to shut it off before it was over."

But the opportunity will come again.

[mecurtin.livejournal.com]

I made my comment below before I saw this comment of yours.

I appreciate seeing this, because I was in fact feeling *extremely* hurt and offended.

I think it's worth bearing in mind how much "politically correct" means "actually paying attention to other people's feelings".

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

I'm going to respond to this one, not that one.

As I said earlier, I do think political correctness is a good thing.

However, I'm human. I can have conflicting desires, and since it often seems that traditional religious beliefs are fair game, even though everyone has people with those beliefs on their friendslists (at least *one* :)), it feels like political correctness applies to everyone else sometimes.

And I usually just seethe to myself and say nothing, but it builds and it's often a silly thing that will be too much. And then I still can't say anything. So, it's frustrating.