It’s really interesting to me how people with any sort of alternative beliefs or lifestyles—feminists, atheists, vegans, polyamorous people, environmentalists, drug-free/straightedge people—are all stereotyped as “shoving their beliefs down people’s throats.”
And I’m not just noticing this because I have these identities; I’m not vegan or straightedge and my environmentalism isn’t particularly prominent, and even so I notice how often these people are accused of being pushy just for being open and upfront about their ideas.
Could it be that people with alternative identities aren’t actually any more evangelical about them than anyone else, but our tolerance for deviation from the norm is so low that we think otherwise?
