Opinion Do you like being defined into one group?

[Takes Two To Tango]

I was just thinking, I always hear people on this forum labeling others either liberal or conservative.

Does anyone else find it annoying?

I mean are we just defined by those standards only?

I feel like we're way more multifaceted than being pigeon holed into a box like that.

I think peoples beliefs/concepts are more multilayered, multifaceted and varied than how people label each other.

You can have both liberal and conservative ideas in one person or even beyond that. We are much more complex than being put into like you either red or blue.

I find it too simplified, but i guess that's just how it works. Makes it easier to just put someone in one grouping.

But anyways I digress. Just my two cents.

 

[lsa]

I am defined into the group of awesome.
If you disagree you are a raging Karen that hates kittens and rainbows

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

I am defined into the group of awesome.
If you disagree you are a raging Karen that hates kittens and rainbows

Awesome group is the ultimate group.

 

[BigSexy444]

I like it. It's easier.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

I like it. It's easier.

Fair enough.

 

[NoSmilez]

I like being beautiful.

 

[pugilistico]

If I listed all beliefs (some of which fluctuate or get more fleshed out with more life experience and knowledge), you'd get a hodgepodge of liberal and conservative beliefs. Some of my beliefs would be considered far out there by some.

My guess is that most people are like that to a degree. There are so many facets to who we are that it's weird to pigeon whole someone else's (and your own) identity based on some beliefs, your skin color, gender, where you're from, etc.

People want to define me but I'm just a chill guy.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

I'm onboard with joining group Awesome.

 

[irish_thug]

I'm onboard with joining group Awesome.

I believe you mean team awesome

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

I'm onboard with joining group Awesome.

I believe you mean team awesome

Let the wars begin

Team Awesome vs. Group Awesome

 

[I Am Legion]

I want to be in the group that is not absurd. I love diversity, I live in it, grew up in it. Doesn't mean I want dangerous illegal immigrants moving in that are gang members. That is absurd. I have trans friends. I call them whatever the fuck they want. Doesn't mean I think trans women should compete against biological women in sports. I also will never say a biological man can have periods or give birth. Thats absurd. I do think certain races have been targeted unfairly in the past. That doesn't mean if they commit crimes now, they should get a pass. No cash bail for violent offenders is absurd. Emptying prisons because...racism! is absurd. Legalized shoplifting is absurd. Allowing BLM riots was absurd. It just so happens the Libs support most of the absurd, so it has pushed me right, when I am really a centrist. I voted Dem in the past depending on who the candidate was. This was before hyper progressives came into play.

 

[Spam On Rye]

That's dialectics for you. It's something the West isn't gonna escape anytime soon so might as well get used to it.

 

[Misfit23]

I want to be in the group that is not absurd. I love diversity, I live in it, grew up in it. Doesn't mean I want dangerous illegal immigrants moving in that are gang members. That is absurd. I have trans friends. I call them whatever the fuck they want. Doesn't mean I think trans women should compete against biological women in sports. I also will never say a biological man can have periods or give birth. Thats absurd. I do think certain races have been targeted unfairly in the past. That doesn't mean if they commit crimes now, they should get a pass. No cash bail for violent offenders is absurd. Emptying prisons because...racism! is absurd. Legalized shoplifting is absurd. Allowing BLM riots was absurd. It just so happens the Libs support most of the absurd, so it has pushed me right, when I am really a centrist. I voted Dem in the past depending on who the candidate was. This was before hyper progressives came into play.

Same but I think politicians in general are absurd and corrupt so I'll never label myself one side or the other because I like policies from both sides of the aisle. Whoever is in office I will root for because I want them to do well because I want the US to do well.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Nobody thinks they're a part of one group they just like labelling other people as such.

 

[wolffanghameha]

if you identify with a label it's easy to become biased or entrenched in your views. I don't identify with a group, even though I know I'm left wing. It's at the back of mind only. I try to be more politically pragmatic - whatever gets the desired results is fine and for me the desired result is people's well-being, as much opportunity as possible for people to use their potential and reducing suffering. And every group when it has enough people has fucking idiots or fucked up people, who you won't want to be grouped in with, if you're sticking to your own morals. Also some of these groups change in meaning, as the words get co-opted or groups shift their overton window. Seems like peer pressure to me "oh my group now likes X, so I do too". STFU, grow a spine.