What are your prejudices? (Yes, you do have them.)

[CPunchMaster]

Mormons. There was this one back in High School that left an awful taste in my mouth. I'm not a big fan of Mitt Romney either, so that's not helping that out. In all fairness, I'm not a big fan of overly religious folk, but yeah... That's mine. Not really that proud of it.

 

[Alandoril]

I'm only prejudiced against the rich.

 

[BlumiereBleck]

I have prejudice about British historians who specifically work on the periods of 1900-1918. Acting like all silly and stuff, it makes me think they're all blinded by nationalism.

 

[Filiecs]

Fish.
I gain sadistic pleasure from watching fish die, especially if they die slowly.

 

[EeveeElectro]

I feel sick and nervous whenever I see a group of kids (around 13-17ish) walking my way. I can't look at any of them and look at the floor as I walk past, usually turn my music up because I think they're gonna shout some abuse at me or try hit me.
I think groups of guys will just shout some abuse in my face and probably push me whereas girls will wait until they walk past and say something incredibly bitchy not so quietly.
A mixed gender group is just horrifying.

8 times out of 10 it's usually fine, but I used to get abuse all the time when walking the streets a few years ago.

And before anyone starts attacking me for generalising, I really can't help it. I wish I could because it makes walking from place to place alone really difficult. I suppose I can blame it on having to put up with getting bullied from people in groups all through high school. Their group of 8-15 against me. I usually assume people in big groups are just cowardly little gobshites.

 

[funnydude6556]

1) I hate smart people who believe being smarter then other people gives them the right to look down on people that aren't as smart as them.
2) I hate people who think there's various different levels of intelligence, their worst then the above with their "I'm more street smart then you" no your not, your a dipshit who likes pretending to be smart!
3) I have a problem dealing with non-whites, not that I think their going to do anything to me but that I'm going to say something to offend them and they'll come away thinking I'm a racist
4) People who go on to much about a certain form of discrimination, especially one that's not a problem or as big a problem as it's made up to sound. I know your here, I know your queer, I AM 100% USED TO THE IDEA OF SAME GENDER RELATIONSHIPS.
5) I see all rich or upper class people as snobbish assholes looking down on everyone else, not paying taxes and dwindling the little supplies that the earth has. These are the people that if the world was to end this year, my one hope would be to watch them burn in some giant pit of molten larva even if it meant I'd suffer the same fate because at the very least I could watch these assholes die first.
6) Gun owners, I think of them as morons who still think they need their guns when their more likely to hurt themselves or someone they care about then a criminal
7) American Politicians seem to me as idiots who'd rather talk about their views on abortion, religion and other non-important issues rather then how their going to do for America. It makes as much sense to me as a priest standing at the alter and asking everyone how their day was and then spending the rest of he's time reading wikipedia pages.

 

[Scarim Coral]

I prejudices at people who view my current life/ social style to be negative. Everyone had different styles so why is my view so bad since the only person matter is me and I accept that it's who I am and proud of it! I mean I know for sure there are other styles that are worser than my.

 

[Technocrat]

What ARE your prejudices.

In case you hadn't guessed, mine are against poor spelling and grammar.

 

[Radoh]

I hate the south.
I've been to the south on seven separate occasions with three of them being extended to at least two weeks, and it's just horrible.
As such, I find myself inclined to dislike the people from the south for various reasons as well. Didn't stop me from dating a southerner, but what can you do?

 

[funnydude6556]

I am automatically wary of people who say they have been friend-zoned.

That seems a little harsh, is there a reason why?

OP: My two main ones would be: I can't stand people who persist that because they are this way, Everyone has to be that way to. The prejudice part is that, I usually categorise them as religous people, solely, which is unfair when I think about it. I end up correcting myself about that a lot.

My second would be gypsies. I think their culture is warped, superficial, sexist, homophobic and racist, and I just... Ugh. It's the only culture that I can say I really don't like as a whole, I mean there are aspects of others I don't like, but I can always back up what I don't like as true, and I can always find something nice about other parts of that culture. But with gypsies, I can't back up EVERYTHING I don't like, and I honestly can't find anything nice to say about their culture. I guess it's the treatment of women coupled with the fact they're stupidly religous (which I can back up, I guess that makes me less of a douche).

I don't normally discriminate but I hate these guys so much. What pisses me off about Gypsies is that they ***** about how everyone treats them badly and in history we can see that yeah Gypsies were treated like shit but Modern Gypsies are just assholes who mess up an area and live there without paying for the land, this is land that is by the way already owned by someone (in England there was a whole dispute over this).

Then after messing up the place and taking the land the person could have used say for farming they fuck off without even having the decency to clean up after themselves. I just want to say to them: Look Gypsies it's cool you want to do your own thing, we all have a right to live the way we want to but get this: BRITISH TAXPAYERS HAVE TO PAY TO CLEAN YOUR MESS. I'm religious to but you don't see me crashing a car ranting on about how god told me it's cool to drive without a license and that I totally didn't have to clean up those five bins I just tipped over.

 

[Kae]

I feel sick and nervous whenever I see a group of kids (around 13-17ish) walking my way. I can't look at any of them and look at the floor as I walk past, usually turn my music up because I think they're gonna shout some abuse at me or try hit me.
I think groups of guys will just shout some abuse in my face and probably push me whereas girls will wait until they walk past and say something incredibly bitchy not so quietly.
A mixed gender group is just horrifying.

8 times out of 10 it's usually fine, but I used to get abuse all the time when walking the streets a few years ago.

And before anyone starts attacking me for generalising, I really can't help it. I wish I could because it makes walking from place to place alone really difficult. I suppose I can blame it on having to put up with getting bullied from people in groups all through high school. Their group of 8-15 against me. I usually assume people in big groups are just cowardly little gobshites.

I know what you mean, so I can't judge you, I'm not really that bothered or annoyed by it, but whenever I pass next to a group of teenagers they point at me and laugh or tell me something they think is funny, I normally just look at them and make them a love & peace sign and they laugh a little more, don't really know what's so funny but I can't be bothered to care about what some stupid teenagers think of me, and I'm too accustomed to that kind of behaviour to find it particularly offensive.

I'm pretty sure I have a few prejudices but I can't be bothered to think about them now.

OK, I figure I'll add them now:
Eh, I don't like cops, I tend to assume they are all corrupt bastards that are just trying to get a bribe out of you, mostly because most cops I've met are like that, not all but most.
Also, the US border patrol, I just tend to assume they are all racist and that they are just trying to screw over Mexicans for fun, this is mostly based on what I've heard on the news and the fact that they took away my sister's visa just because they suspected she consumed drugs, even though they had no evidence of it, they also questioned her and some stupid ***** was harassing her about how homosexuality wasn't acceptable, even though that had absolutely nothing to do with why they had arrested her for, and again they had no evidence of that either.

I realize those are generalizations, but I can't trust people in positions of power that are likely to abuse it, I really wish I had been there because I would have given those border patrol idiots a good reason to arrest someone.
[sub][sub]Yes, it does seem I have some problems with authority, I would add more but this is already pretty long, but I also hate politicians, though I guess that's kind off easy to guess why.[/sub][/sub]

 

[afroebob]

Well, I live in a place where there are a lot of obnoxious black people so that's what I would go with. If someone causes trouble in my school, 3/4 times its a black person even though they are 1/4 of the population. I'm not saying this out of prejudice, its just the way it is where I live so some times I have a hard time getting past my prejudices that I picked up looking at the majority of black people in my area even though I know in most black people in most places are just as good as everyone else. Its not that I automatically don't like black people or that I will look down on a friend because he is black, but my initial impressions on someone are slightly modified by there color sometimes but if I get to talk to them for 2 minutes and see they are a nice person I could honestly care less if they where yellow stripes and orange polka dots.

 

[afroebob]

I feel sick and nervous whenever I see a group of kids (around 13-17ish) walking my way. I can't look at any of them and look at the floor as I walk past, usually turn my music up because I think they're gonna shout some abuse at me or try hit me.
I think groups of guys will just shout some abuse in my face and probably push me whereas girls will wait until they walk past and say something incredibly bitchy not so quietly.
A mixed gender group is just horrifying.

8 times out of 10 it's usually fine, but I used to get abuse all the time when walking the streets a few years ago.

And before anyone starts attacking me for generalising, I really can't help it. I wish I could because it makes walking from place to place alone really difficult. I suppose I can blame it on having to put up with getting bullied from people in groups all through high school. Their group of 8-15 against me. I usually assume people in big groups are just cowardly little gobshites.

I know what you mean, so I can't judge you, I'm not really that bothered or annoyed by it, but whenever I pass next to a group of teenagers they point at me and laugh or tell me something they think is funny, I normally just look at them and make them a love & peace sign and they laugh a little more, don't really know what's so funny but I can't be bothered to care about what some stupid teenagers think of me, and I'm too accustomed to that kind of behaviour to find it particularly offensive.

I'm pretty sure I have a few prejudices but I can't be bothered to think about them now.

Hell, I'm 17 and I can't blame you. Most people my age are douche bags. I'd like to think I'm a little bit better but I know I'm not a saint by any measure.

 

[hazabaza1]

I just saw a thing on SciShow that had a link to a thing that you can use to find out some of your prejudices... can't remember it though, dangit.
From what I remember I apparently automatically respond more positively to straight people so... I guess gay people?
I think I'm generally a pretty cool guy though.

Prejudices I know openly know of and accept... furries, I guess. I mean, I won't go around hating on them or trying to purge them or whatever, but if someone tells me they're a furry I tend to back off a bit.

 

[aba1]

I am just going to say this... it is not prejudice to notice patterns. It is not prejudice to notice when most people do things and react according to the odds. It is only prejudice when you assume ALL, not some, not a few, not even most. Only when you assume ALL are a certain way are you be prejudice.

OP uses is a perfect example of this. Assuming the old lady wanted 40's music is not prejudice it is just logic based on statistics you never said or implied she had to like that music or couldn't like death metal only that odds were highest that should would like 40's music.

 

[Frission]

I have prejudice about British historians who specifically work on the periods of 1900-1918. Acting like all silly and stuff, it makes me think they're all blinded by nationalism.

If they actually worked on that period they would probably be the last people for nationalism. WWI was the death of rampant nationalism, at least for that generation. Or maybe I'm confusing them with french WWI historians. They're not a cheery lot.

Were you thinking of American WW2 historians or something? Can you explain?


I'm naturally wary of the far right. I also am extremely cautious around the religious fanatics. The fanatics make me think of the mentally ill, because I feel as if I have to tiptoe around them or risk being attacked. It's probably silly.

I think less of jingoists, especially those who call for war and even more so if they have a poor understanding of history.

I particularly hate for example the Americans who go "We saved the world in World War 2 all alone. France surrenders all the time. Russia didn't so anything". Don't get me started on the Cold war and the wars engendered by it like the Vietnam War.

 

[HippySteve]

Neo-Conservatives. That should be all I have to say.

 

[Beffudled Sheep_v1legacy]

I am automatically wary of people who say they have been friend-zoned.

Also, I judge people who keep getting back with their exes.

That's pretty much all I can think of.

Why are you wary of people who say they've been friendzoned?

I have a personal prejudice against rich people and suburban white people (I myself am white). I've see the both as uncaring, ignorant, spoiled jerks ( i had a stronger word but I don't want to get in trouble) that hate all poor people or believe its all our fault for being poor. Also when they complain about how hard their lives are. "OMG my parents bought me a new 2012 whatever but I wanted it in this color! Ugh FML." I also believe all suburban teens, young adults (and to some extent adults) all act like that. Actually being forced to move to the suburbs has done nothing to dismantle my prejudice though I am aware it is unfair and untrue and am trying to reform myself.

 

[DugMachine]

People who live in the ghettos/projects are usually on my radar if they're around. I'm weary and choose my words carefully as they're so quick to anger if you "disrespect them, homes".

Also, not really a prejudice but it gets real tiring talking to someone with a vast vocabulary and won't just speak like a normal person because they need to show you how much of an intellectual they are. Er just 'intellectual' types I guess.

Oh and if you are constantly late to class, look uninterested and always get shit grades don't expect any fucking sympathy from me. I always end up next to some douchenozzle who does poorly in class sitting next to me and he wants me to bad mouth the professor with him when grades come out. Yeah no fuck off, professor is great you're just a lazy sob. (sometimes the professor does suck though).