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    Helping to endanger stereotypes is much of what I like to do.

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    I'm so impressed with you guys and your thick skins--if I received half of the negative comments any one of you get I think I'd cry. And I consider myself to be a pretty thick-skinned woman.

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    Sounds like my little town when I first kilted up. Stay kilted Marine. It'll pass. Know that you did get some minds to thinking twice...

    "Normal" is only a setting on a clothes dryer. You're doin' some good somehow, someway. Heck, I wouldn't have been kilted if someone hadn't been brave enough to wear a Utilikilt Workman's were I could see it and want one too.
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    an occasional shout of give us a flash!! is the only negative comment I have heard
    That's negative? Sounds more like construction site humour. I think it was actually a compliment!

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    It seems to me that in small towns, negative comments are directed to everyone other than the subject. And that the opposite is true for large towns (usually louder and perhaps from a moving vehicle). I think the anonymity provided by living in a large population area affects people's inhibition.

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    I think the anonymity provided by living in a large population area affects people's inhibition.
    Yes. This anonymity not only leads to more general rudeness, but higher crime rates and all manner of social ills. It's why I choose not to live in town. People just weren't meant to live on top of each other like that, in a society where they don't know each other. It goes against our tribal (clan) nature.

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    I have failed to articulate the crux of my outing.

    If you are going to wear a kilt in my beloved United States of America, then you will get heckled. Don't get a big head, it has nothing to do with you. I used to wear "Clam Diggers" while living on the East Coast, I was heckled when I moved to California. I started to wear very Bright "Jams" with orange Chucks. When I moved to Colorado, I was again Heckled. I have found great comfort in the Kilt, and now I can be heckled everywhere.

    I, me personally, was stereotyping the small town worker. I was inferring that I expected him or her to be close minded and intolerant of any style or genre that does not fit into their "Norm." I described this incident as it happened, choosing words that would push the reader into a mental picture and specific mindset.

    I related this incident to show that I was pleasantly surprised.

    I was also stereotyping the larger "Open-Minded" town, their words. I was greatly disappointed. It is a University town, and I often over estimate their tolerance and acceptance to foreign presentations. It is also the main University where people go when they can not get into Purdue. In the interest of full disclosure, I went to Purdue because I wasn't smart enough to go to Rose-Hulman.

    The elusive point I was poorly trying to make is that we can decide how a cohort is going to act based on past experiences and poor information. This does not mean that they will fall neatly into predictability. Mainly, I thought the entire day was kind of humorous. For those in the military, if you can become a "Shellback" nobody is ever going to be able to insult you with mere catcalls.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Inchessi View Post
    It is a University town, ... where people go when they can not get into Purdue.
    Oh, thaaaat town. I was wondering. Having lived there (long ago), I can well imagine that it still has some of the \begin{stereotype} "small-town" characteristics \end{stereotype} I remember. Mostly, I remember 'em fondly.

    Indeed, one of its attractions for me was easy access to rural pursuits. But as a Northwestern graduate, you can imagine what I wish for both your houses.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Inchessi View Post
    I was also stereotyping the larger "Open-Minded" town, their words. I was greatly disappointed. It is a University town, and I often over estimate their tolerance and acceptance to foreign presentations.
    I'm amazed that anyone would think of a "college town" as being open minded, simply because by definition a college town must contain college students, and that means "high school, but without parents, administrators or curfews".

    ...And all the BS that comes from high school and lasts until...oh, I dunno, about until they all have to sack up and take some responsibility for themselves.

    So, yeah, I would expect more "tolerance" from a bunch of briers (who generally are well-mannered) than a bunch of kids between the ages of 18-22.

    -Sean

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    Quote Originally Posted by wildrover View Post
    I'm amazed that anyone would think of a "college town" as being open minded, simply because by definition a college town must contain college students, and that means "high school, but without parents, administrators or curfews".

    ...And all the BS that comes from high school and lasts until...oh, I dunno, about until they all have to sack up and take some responsibility for themselves.

    So, yeah, I would expect more "tolerance" from a bunch of briers (who generally are well-mannered) than a bunch of kids between the ages of 18-22.

    -Sean
    But aren't you being a bit closed-minded towards college towns (and students, for that matter) yourself?

    T.

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