I Wanted to Punch Her in the Face

[bennyboy]

I went to work yesterday at a nursing home and I overheard one of my coworkers telling a resident about how she is a believer in her Lord Jesus Christ. I could have hit her.
Like, why the fuck would you bring that up, especially to an elderly person in a nursing home who can barely eat their jello? Like, shut your damn mouth.

And THEN, this is what REALLY pissed me off, she started talking about her gay uncle saying, "I definitely don't agree with his lifestyle, but I love him anyway."

To avoid making a scene, I left it alone and didn't say anything.

Do you think I made the right decision? And if not, what could I have done or said?

Unless the receiver of the "information" seems distressed by it, I'd just leave it alone. I think American white people of that age still tend to be Christian, or at least used to it.

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Anyone who comes talkin bout some "it's a choice" or "it's a lifestyle" I immediately want to slap, because you clearly have about 3 brain cells if you think a life of being discriminated against is a choice.

Well, every behavior is a choice if you believe in free will. It's also that guy's choice to spout off about his fairy tales in a public place-- but don't get too mad, because he probably can't help it-- he was born that way. i.e. a fucking idiot

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As a gay person, I hate that whole conversation about "it's a lifestyle"

Try to see the humor in it. What does "it's just a lifestyle" actually say about the ones blurting it out? That they are at least as attracted to their own gender as they are to the opposite gender. They're deep in the closet, since I for one wouldn't wake up one day and suddenly be attracted to men.

Yep. The loudest ones are often the ones with hard drives full of "research" that they do when their wives are out baking cakes for their church groups. In their holy outrage, they don't even realize that they are masturbating.