Originally Posted by
Leslie Langford
Sorry to be so blunt, bimini, but you had a "teachable moment" presented to you, and you chose to let it slip past you.
It would have been entirely possible for you "call" your co-worker on her dogmatic and unreasonable position on this question and prod her to explain why she was so adamant about this, even without the risk of "outing" yourself in the process. And being in the presence of others at the time would really have put the onus on her to provide a credible answer without coming off as and intolerant person at best, and a bigot at worst.
If we adopt the tactics of a 3-year-old in such situations and repeatedly ask "Why?, Why?,Why?,... " when the first, second, and third, etc. answers someone gives us prove unsatisfactory, we will eventually either get to the real truth, or else cause that other person to re-evaluate their position once they realize how illogical it actually is.
