LABELS

I just need to have a quick rant about labels...



No, not food labels but labels we put on people...

I got very incensed the other week when I heard someone round here saying ' I can't stand Germans' and it got me thinking how destructive and divisive labelling people can be.

Quick test - what do you think when you're told about someone, that they are: - 

A 'leftie'
Russian
An ex-prisoner
Gay
A Conservative
Jewish
Very rich
On the dole
Muslim
A migrant
etc etc

If you're not careful, you form an opinion of that person before you've even met them. Which is sometimes hard to get rid of. Labels can form a barrier between you and an incredible, many-faceted person (which we all are!), depending on your opinions.  I've allowed that to happen in the past, but am very careful now not to accept such - often judgemental - labels to colour my perception and reception of someone I meet.

I would hate to be defined as being a 'Heterosexual' as if that summed up my entire personality!

There are enough wars, separations and divisions in the world already. We can do our little bit by not putting labels on people in our everyday lives that cause us to pre-judge what a person is going to be like..

People are human beings first, no matter what culture, religion, political or financial status, past life, present condition they have, so let's chuck labels in the bin! 

OK, rant over!

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