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Gwynvyd -> RE: Social labelling and it's effects (2/14/2008 5:30:58 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Creating
Labels are just words that other people define us by. We also use labels to describe our self. Words are powerful. What you think about and the words you say and how you say them create your experience here on earth. (Law of Attraction) Albert Einstein proved it. As long as there are words there will always be labels. How else will you describe to someone else who you are? Just don't allow others to define who you are. Sometimes we are all indefinable and it's great. When you live in the moment and have an awesome experience, that moment is usually indescribable, but yet when those moments happen we are always looking for a way to describe it, to label it. So whether or not you hate or love labels, labels will always be around just as words to describe every experience will be. Labels and words don’t cause problems. People and how they use and respond to words/labels cause problems. Most people in this society want to blame everyone outside of themselves for the problems that they have created in their own life and really they have no one to blame but themselves. Not their spouse, not their teacher, not their best friend or their government. Each person is responsible for their own actions and the things that happen to them. As for me nope I don’t feel left out at all. Call me what you want. I know who I am and I can careless what others think about me or call me.
Very good posting.. but I would also add, that we also have the right and duty of stewardship of others in our society who can not do certain things for themselves. The ADA is a key component of this. As is SSI, and the VA.
Personaly I am used to people judging me, and calling me a number of things.. however I do feel it my duty to stand up for equality not only for myself.. but for everyone who is treated unjustly because of ignorance. The world will never change, and people will never change thier views and grow if you allow them to think that hateful words, and actions are OK. African Americans would still be slaves if no one had stood up. Germany would have won, and infiltraded the world with thier hateful ideals if people had not stood up against them.
There comes a time when you must stand up not only for yourself.. but for others.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Jew.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.
This also goes for ageism, sexual orientation and religious intolerance and any other differances silly humans come up with to make themselves more self important.
I think this is why it grips my ass so hard when I see all of these Black Leaders speaking out about the Evils of gays... they were once in thier shoes not all that long ago as far as civil rights go....
Bigotry in it's highest art form.
Gwyn
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