Hey comrades, how do you deal with bigotry irl?

I'm really sick of so many people around me just saying some LGBTphobic, misogynistic or racist shit. It's bad enough seeing it all over social media everyday, but irl it's even worse. And I can't bring myself to confront anyone about it, be it in person or in a voice call. I don't even know how to confront this type of behavior, what to say, what tone to use, which expressions to make. The few times I managed to do it I was either mocked or met with verbal resistance.

It also doesn't help that my city is very right-wing to say the least, it's like no one I know even think about any of this. It's honestly so tiring.

  • Eat_Yo_Vegetables69@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    Definitely, being calm and a bit sarcastic can get the point across lol.

    Had a white coworker start bringing up the whole Asians eating dogs thing (and not in a curious way). Calmly mentioned that we don't know the specifics of what groups of Asians eat what, but the beautiful and lovely Swiss people also have cats and dogs as a delicacy lol.

    • 🏳️‍⚧️ 新星 [she/they]@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      Calmly mentioned that we don’t know the specifics of what groups of Asians eat what, but the beautiful and lovely Swiss people also have cats and dogs as a delicacy lol.

      Is anything here factually grounded? I’m genuinely curious if this is some tale being spun or if this is legit now…

      • Eat_Yo_Vegetables69@lemmygrad.ml
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        1 year ago

        Last mention of it in media outlets was almost a decade ago. The number of them is not significant but it's there:

        https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/11/27/swiss-under-pressure-to-ban-the-eating-of-dogs-and-cats/

        https://www.newsweek.com/not-just-christmas-swiss-urged-stop-eating-cats-and-dogs-287378

        https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/forget-chocolate-or-cheese-cat-and-dog-meat-is-swiss-delicacy-2469626