Posted by TexasChic on August 20, 2006, at 20:33:45
In reply to Re: Am I A Big Prude?, posted by Phillipa on August 20, 2006, at 19:58:16
You know, sometimes you can be surrounded by people who insist on something and it makes you question yourself. Lets say for instance, you go to a party and everyone there says, 'The sky is green'. When you say, "Um, it was blue last time I looked", they all laugh at you. You're made fun of the rest of the night. The next day everyone you talk to says, "Yep, I agree, the sky is green". Getting desperate you poll all the people in your neighborhood and they all concure the sky is green. You begin to think, "Well, it must be true. How could my opinion outweigh that of all these other people?"
Then the national news finds out about it, and broadcasts it all over the country. Millions and millions of people laugh at the stupidity of these people who think the sky is green, and you realize you let them change your mind even when the evidence was right in front of you.
What I'm trying to say is, its easy to feel like you must be wrong when everyone around you believes something and acts like you're stupid to believe otherwise. But there's a WHOLE lot of people in this big world. Just because you're out numbered doesn't mean you're wrong, maybe just with the wrong crowd.
-T
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