Guilt By Association

1/26/2012

The news media does this all the time…

An Occupy Wall-street protester robs a bank. See how Occupy Wall-street protestors are really criminals.

A Tea-party member holds up a racist sign. See how Tea-partiers are all really racists.

We define away categories of people by the behavior of the one. It creates a stereo-type… it’s a form of superiority. Oh… you are a Christian… therefore, you must believe that ….(fill in the blank).

But people are far too complex to paint with a broad brush. A group or category can never truly define the uniqueness of the person. You have to look past the surface.

There is 1 comment in this article:

  1. 27/01/2012nance say:

    fold back the cover to read what’s in the book.

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