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Originally Posted by gmku
Yep.
I challenged my father once. I told him what he was saying sounded homophobic and is considered unacceptable by today's standards. He got this look on his face as if he'd smelled a fart.
When I would tell my two sisters about things like this, they would just say, "Oh, well, Dad is Dad, and he's just that way. He doesn't mean anything by it."
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People always excuse older people's racism and sexism and other isms (all culturally or familially taught) as "they don;t mean anything by it," when in fact they MEAN EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE SAYING!