Don't assume that everyone is a character in your little puppet theater. They are all individuals, with their own individual likes and dislikes and quirks that make them much more fascinating than the simple labels you create for them are. They each have their own lives and loves and needs, flaws and imperfections, commendable characteristics and moments of heroism. When you pigeonhole them with labels, you cut yourself off from the knowledge of who else they might be.
Certainly, there isn't time in life to celebrate the individual humanity of every person you meet. But stop to consider if your nicknames aren't at times extremely disrespectful, and if people who resist them aren't in the right to do so. You are still very young, even though you are a deep thinker, and the experience of the world is vast. Don't cut yourself off from it through your smugness.
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Date: 2005-12-19 03:51 pm (UTC)Certainly, there isn't time in life to celebrate the individual humanity of every person you meet. But stop to consider if your nicknames aren't at times extremely disrespectful, and if people who resist them aren't in the right to do so. You are still very young, even though you are a deep thinker, and the experience of the world is vast. Don't cut yourself off from it through your smugness.