is the willingness of human beings to vilify each other. For example:
Poor people are just too lazy to work.
Rich people are greedy.
Those damn democrats - they are just trying to get all my money.
Those f*ing republicans - they want to hoard money and power.
Stupid Christians - they believe in God, how ignorant are they?
Rotten atheists...they don't believe in God, they must be immoral.
and on and on it goes, I haven't even started to scratch the surface.
Really?
Wow...I am certainly not in a position to throw stones. I have been guilty of many generalizations myself. If I remember correctly (and I am more than willing to believe I don't, so tell me), part of what makes us human is our ability to generalize. Our ability to label, categorize, extrapolate and generalize helped us to survive back in the day.We are, each and every one of us flawed. I know I am, and I have yet to meet someone who isn't. But every person I meet, no matter how "good" or "bad" they are...if I stick it out long enough I soon begin to realize that they are not just one thing, but many. They have wonderful characteristics and not-so-wonderful ones. I haven't met very many (if any), who were out to get everyone else, who were "bad to the bone" or evil. *Not even my mother, and those who know me well, will know just how HUGE a concession that is! I know a great number of people I would consider to be good, I have yet to meet one who was perfect. I know people who are liberal and conservative, Democrat and Republican, Catholic and Christian (and yes, that is a whole 'nother rant), atheist, Wiccan, adult children of alcoholics, immigrant, parents, grandparents, never planning to be parents, people of a variety of races and ethnicities and so on. Never once have I known ever known a person who was just one thing though.
Poor people are just too lazy to work.
Rich people are greedy.
Those damn democrats - they are just trying to get all my money.
Those f*ing republicans - they want to hoard money and power.
Stupid Christians - they believe in God, how ignorant are they?
Rotten atheists...they don't believe in God, they must be immoral.
and on and on it goes, I haven't even started to scratch the surface.
Really?
Wow...I am certainly not in a position to throw stones. I have been guilty of many generalizations myself. If I remember correctly (and I am more than willing to believe I don't, so tell me), part of what makes us human is our ability to generalize. Our ability to label, categorize, extrapolate and generalize helped us to survive back in the day.We are, each and every one of us flawed. I know I am, and I have yet to meet someone who isn't. But every person I meet, no matter how "good" or "bad" they are...if I stick it out long enough I soon begin to realize that they are not just one thing, but many. They have wonderful characteristics and not-so-wonderful ones. I haven't met very many (if any), who were out to get everyone else, who were "bad to the bone" or evil. *Not even my mother, and those who know me well, will know just how HUGE a concession that is! I know a great number of people I would consider to be good, I have yet to meet one who was perfect. I know people who are liberal and conservative, Democrat and Republican, Catholic and Christian (and yes, that is a whole 'nother rant), atheist, Wiccan, adult children of alcoholics, immigrant, parents, grandparents, never planning to be parents, people of a variety of races and ethnicities and so on. Never once have I known ever known a person who was just one thing though.
Theresa Comer
"The mind is like a parachute, it works best when open"
"The mind is like a parachute, it works best when open"
