a theme going about “safe” people.
I'm not sure what I'm seeing, but I can make a wild guess.
On Sunday evening I went to a supermarket, Winco for some fresh root vegies to bake. I don't shop there often but I've always liked the huge variety of people who shop there. More folks from India, S. America, Middle East, Asian, you name it; more dented up cars with jury-rigged bumpers nearly off in the parking lot. Many more young people than where I do most of my shopping.
There were long check-out lines, 10-15 shoppers deep curving back into the aisles. I was behind this cute young couple who spoke Spanish and I enjoyed watching them try to corral their toddler (he was so bored waiting in line). Someone ahead of us was slowing progress so I decided to jump over to the next line. With a smile I mentioned to the couple who were ahead of me that their line looked like it moved faster.
They were a lesbian couple, the roles were not hidden in any way. At first they eyed me suspiciously then turned to ignore me with a smug posture.
What I think I observed, my wild guess, is a change in our society since DTJ won the presidency. In me, I was no longer burdened by what had been
I was so comfortable observing their role playing. The 'guy' stood aloof and watched over the 'girl' unload a cart full of groceries. She was very submissive and the 'dude' was acting like she was on guard duty. Once the 'wifey' had placed all of her items on the belt she sweetly placed the spacer bar behind her stuff, turned to me with a gentle smile and I thanked her.
Two guesses: 1) I wasn't walking on egg shells around them thinking these sort of folks are in power and really don't like folks like me so I'll pray through this, and 2) they are now on higher alert and nervously acting like the Emperor has No Clothes kids are all pointing at them.
Personally, before we were all getting the message that we HAD to embrace the LGBTQRXYZ crowd, I'd been close to many gay folks. They've invited me to their homes, I'd invited them places; but that easy human interaction took a hostile turn under Biden.
Anyhow, that's maybe what I observed.