ZRX1200 wrote:
Chivalry isn't dead, and for some it's ingrained.
Found myself pondering this line from your quote while out and about with the lovely Caren this afternoon. Not a beach day so we headed for an open air farmers/artisans market in Boston's South End. We do this many Summer Sundays if the weather is iffy.
Despite my lefty inclination, I am somewhat an adherent to (many) traditions. I don't accept the thought of change easily, and your words resonated with me. I've always been more than aware of the fact that this neighborhood and this particular weekly event is attended by the widest spectrum of human types imaginable, and no one ever seems the least bit weirded out by the "freaks"...and the "freaks" are just kind of shopping and taking in the good vibes too. No one is threatened, no one feels persecuted, no one is acting out trying to be in anyone's face, and probably no one but me was even looking for discomfort in the crowd
Somehow we need to find some way to sincerely respect the people you reference while not depriving a group we never knew who were hiding in shame in the shadows to come out into the light of freedom.