Anyway, back to the label thing, people are not like the food items in a grocery store that have a pre made label glued to the product. Instead we are each individuals that first of all have feelings , have different ways of figuring things out, like different foods, shows, books, etc. However because of this many want to put labels on people and have them in neat categories, maybe it's so they can feel superior or it helps them feel less intimidated by others I'll never know. I do know that when we do this we tend to put people in the wrong category, and lets face it no one can be put into just one category, and secondly we can miss out on knowing some of the nicest best people you could ever hope to know. I know without a doubt I've had labels put on me because of where I'm from, how I look and my religion. The saddest thing about labels is we use them as excuses to not to get to know people and assume that we know everything about them because they have this label. I think it would be a safe bet that out of all the labels people have associated with me not even a quarter of them are right.
I guess my long drawn out point is you have a right to your opinion and by all means please stand for what you believe but be careful who and WHY you are labeling people. Remember people are not objects that fit in a nice little package, how boring would that be, but should be able to express themselves and fit into as many categories as it takes to describe them. It's not that hard to be kind and show respect to people even if you don't agree with them.
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