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A week ago we got an interesting mail. It was written by a Mezrab fan with political view points that we assume are a minority in the Mezrab (not that we ask people about their politics when we let them in). We’re very happy to have received this letter, as we believe it can spark an interesting debate. For sure we are happy that the fan didn’t take his frustrations home, but took the effort to share them with us. So before we write anything back, what do you think? Any opinions? Mail them to us so we can keep the conversation going.<\/p>\n
(The mail was translated by us from Dutch)<\/p>\n
Hi Mezrab people!<\/p>\n
Yesterday I was in the audience of the storytelling night. It was so much fun! I’m anyway a great fan of your events. There’s only one thing that bothers me.<\/p>\n
It’s the way in which people with a right-wing political opinion are made fun of and ridiculed. Here’s one of many examples that a host used: “applaud as if Trump has just been impeached”, but of course there were more.<\/p>\n
My question is: How can you preach inclusivity if so easily you can make fun of people with a conservative political view? I personally love Trump and vote PVV\/FvD in the Netherlands. Can you imagine how you would feel being in an audience yourself and constantly being ridiculed for your views? How does that gel with your policy of inclusiveness and diversity? Don’t you think that scares off people with a different political opinion? And how does that help going against the phenomenon of people living in bubbles?<\/p>\n
I bet your motivation and reasoning is: “But Trump\/conservatives\/pvv are the ones who are hateful\/racists” and you’re entitled to that opinion! But that’s only your judgement, not that of the vast majority voting for those parties\/opinions.<\/p>\n
I would love to have a really neutral, open and diverse storytelling night in which everyone is welcome. You too, right?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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