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In reply to the discussion: What is your stance on burkinis or headscarves on French (or American) beaches (or streets)? [View all]jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Honestly, I cannot bring myself to give a shit what other people wear. I do not care. I don't care if people walk around naked or in burlap bags. I simply do not give a flying fuck what people whom I do not know are wearing.
You chose to reply to me, as if I am somehow "wrong" for not giving a shit.
The OP asks a simple question and I gave a simple answer. I do not care, and I will never care what some stranger is wearing to the beach or anywhere else.
I can see it matters very much to you, and you seem to know much more about the topic of what strangers should wear.
I am staying in a hotel in Portland, Maine this week, and I have noticed that there are a lot more women wearing all sorts of things here than in suburban Philadelphia and its environs. Because I'm doing a fair amount of work every day, the housekeeper pops in each day to see if there's anything I need. Now, I don't know a lot about her, but she wears a quite elaborate robe of some sort and a headdress of some kind with sequins and emroidery on it. I assume her family is of some sort of East African origin, but I have no idea nor do I care. She's quite polite and I am polite back.
Now, not having really given a shit what this woman whom I see every morning is wearing, and now having been informed that I should apparently care deeply, what would you suggest I do to or at her when I see her tomorrow?
Because, again, the question asked in the OP is what is YOUR stance on what women put on their heads or whatever. Until several hours ago, my stance was that I don't care. You seem to disagree and have taken issue with my answer. But I am still having some difficulty understanding what it is I should be doing to, at or with women who wear objectionable things on their heads.
So, please, tell me what it is I should do about the housekeeper in my hotel tomorrow morning.
I will try to take a picture and post it here, so I am certain that experts such as yourself can properly advise me on what I should think about whatever she has on her head, how much I should care, and what if any action I should take.
But I am willing to say that if the best course is to go after such women with fines, threats, or whatever, then I guess I don't have much to worry about, really, because it certainly won't have any consequences for me. If I get out to the beach at the Eastern promenade tomorrow, I'll report back here if any women there need my suggestions on what they should be wearing.