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RE: Are we getting too caught up in our differences? Perhaps stop? Smell the fresh air for a moment?
Yeah I loath labels too, they remove all sense of nuance. I hold sometimes incompatible viewpoints because I dont like being constrained by labels.
I feel people sometimes use labels as a way to figure out what opinion to have on a subject without actually having to think it through "Im left wing so Im obviously pro this agenda".
I have found some people get very angry if you are debating something and on a particular point you confess to not knowing the answer, or even worse not having an opinion! "You MUST have an opinion on this!", no I must not actually, Im honest enough to confess its a complicated issue and I have not figured it out.
Dont let your labels tell you what to think.
Ah, that's brilliant. Exactly how I feel myself. This is EXACTLY the reason why I hate labels. To label yourself pigeonholes you in this world. "Ah, you're left wing so that must mean you hate people on the right." "Well, actually I do not, I sort of understand their plight" "You can't side with them, they are eeeeevil, I'm deleting you, you're a closet racist" lol