we all grow up inheriting the prejudices of our culture, a prejudice is just an opinion formed in the absence of reason and evidence.... all cultural stereotypes are like this, even if they may have a grain of truth, it just comes down to lazy thinking.... its good to remember too that you cant reason someone out of something they werent reasoned into.... the scariest thing is the vast mass of unawakened people out there who have not even the slightest inkling that the entirety of their beliefs are acquired thru cultural conditioning and no kind of reasoning from first principles.... people endlessly talk about stereotypes/the weather/sports/celebrities/etc. to avoid talking about anything real.... theyre just like little speech bubbles people throw back and forth.... but the only real knowledge is self-knowledge.... and that takes honesty and vulnerability.... i realize this little rant is pretty oblique but i hope youll see how it connects....
Posted on: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 07:36:25 +0000
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