A few weeks ago, someone I know told me that she got 'pelted with eggs'. She was surprised and in total disbelief:-
"I don't understand. Why would they do such a thing??!!"
I was surprised myself. Not because of the actual incident. But because of the fact that she was surprised that this had happened to her. What I then said surprised myself but only after a few minutes after thinking about it:-
"I've been pelted with eggs numerous times. Why are you so surprised?"
The fact that it had never happened to her and it was the first time must have been quite shocking to her. The reason I was surprised with what I said was because I then told her that I EXPECT to get pelted with eggs.
That when I am walking the streets and I see a car drive past and the window is down, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if eggs were thrown.
That is the "surprising" and shocking world that we live in.
I tried to explain to her how ignorant some people are.
They aren't pelting me with eggs because of what I look like, or how I dress, or what music I like.
They are pelting me with eggs because of who I am. They are attacking me for who I am. But they don't know who I am. They know nothing. Yet they still do it. Why? It may never be known. Just like they will never know me. And that is a shame.
But what I do know is that the sooner you get used to this kind of behaviour, the less upset you will get about it. It's not right for this to happen-of course it's not right.
But this is the world that we live in.
With much worse things happening around us.
