Sammyjoe, maybe you haven’t seen people being rude to blue-shirted hatless men because there simply aren’t very many of them in Lakewood! (Aside from zevi8, that is.) I can sympathize- I come from Baltimore, which is also very right-wing and yeshivish because Ner Yisroel attracts that crowd. I don’t think I’m being paranoid when I say that often, when walking around the frum neighborhood on Shabbos, people would not say “Good Shabbos” to me or even not respond when I said it to them. I don’t feel the need to wear ankle-length skirts or avoid bright colors, which differentiates me from the “Bais Yaakov crowd.” I’m all for open-mindedness, and this DOES go both ways. All I’m asking for is open-mindedness in return from others. I accept that some people don’t wear red, or don’t own computers, or whatever the case may be, and I have no issue with it. People can make their own decisions in life. So why don’t they let me make mine, rather than judging?
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