Surprising video about (the lack of) sexual discrimination in a diner in a small conservative town in Texas. When the waitress bashes on a gay couple with their children at the diner, locals come to the couple’s rescue. In comparison, in liberal New York, “out of 100 bystanders, less than a dozen spoke up [for the gay couple]. In Texas, out of 53 bystanders, 24 voiced their support, almost half.”
Favorite quote: ”silence is one of the failures of people today—that when people see an injustice or an intolerance, they stay silent. That’s the worst thing”
I think the difference is in the culture itself. In the rural South, people are generally more willing to talk to “strangers” and get to know them. I guess this is seeing people as people, rather than just passerby. So, yes, while we’ve been “behind” the times for so long, maybe our slower “evolution,” long considered a weakness, is also a strength. We’re not as self-isolated from the world around us.
