I've had plenty of assholes criticize me. I used to plug my ears and refuse to listen to them. I don't feel so insecure now. I'm not reinforcing their assholedom by reflecting for myself upon their criticism.
And I don't blame people too much for using stereotypes. Human beings group things in order to talk about them and understand them. Of course it's never the whole story, but we'd never get anywhere if we had to start with the whole story every time we opened our mouths.
Yeah, not everybody's like this or that. But maybe there's enough truth in the stereotype to acknowledge it and pay attention to it. And I say the asshole's got a point. Maybe we are not loving our fellow fans in the best way by telling them "I'll accept you exactly as you are and never dare to push you to improve your real life."
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Date: 2010-01-21 07:11 pm (UTC)And I don't blame people too much for using stereotypes. Human beings group things in order to talk about them and understand them. Of course it's never the whole story, but we'd never get anywhere if we had to start with the whole story every time we opened our mouths.
Yeah, not everybody's like this or that. But maybe there's enough truth in the stereotype to acknowledge it and pay attention to it. And I say the asshole's got a point. Maybe we are not loving our fellow fans in the best way by telling them "I'll accept you exactly as you are and never dare to push you to improve your real life."