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Originally posted by bivenator
If you are acting/dressed in a way that is not along with the society's norm then you will recieve extra attention. Where ever you may be, EU, Irag, Denmark, Honduras or even in the deep South.
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I think my point was that parts of the US south are extreme in their intolerance of people who are somehow different in appearance or mentality. The reaction is one of suspicion, distrust and even aggression.
I don't know many places in the world where such general intolerance is accepted as being part of the 'culture'.
As svandamme points out correctly - in Europe the attitude to someone who looks different and doesn't fit in would be to "stand back and enjoy the circus" - not to get aggressive and ugly about it. (I'm of course not talking about the deep rooted ethnic animosities you find in communities everywhere - but rather about the general intolerance of others and other ways that you find in parts of the south.)
There's a much greater general tolerance and civility in Europe about such matters that you would be very hard-pressed to find in parts of the US south.