To the religious lady from the Baptist church who felt the need to degrade me and call me names and abuse me for being LGBT, when all I wanted to do was finish my shift as a barista: I wish I knew what to do to stand up to you. You looked at me with so much hatred in your eyes while talking about God’s love. I actually pity you and the evil person you are. — Battered Barista
This article appears in Feb 20-26, 2020.
Supposedly killing with kindness is a thing, which makes sense in some ways, hatred like hers needs fuel to keep going but if she gets none it burns out. Stay strong and know you’re not alone.
Miz Baptist Twit believes in an imaginary bipolar sky god who’d judge a fucking earthworm. At least you’re living in reality. Don’t let their stupid Jesus shit get to you.
Whenever a holy roller gets in my face (and I’m not even LGBTQ) and starts slinging the S-word around (“sin”) in my presence, and flat-out tells me to my face that someday I’m going to hell, I’ll say, “Why wait? GOD, OUR LORD, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME – STRIKE ME DOWN NOW AS PUNISHMENT FOR ALL MY SINS”., and when nothing inevitably happens, I will then say in a calm respectful voice “It’s like he’s not even there”