What are labels and what are they good for?

[viana_qoh]

In the past ten years or so, I've become aware of the concept of "labeling" people: Describing other people by terms that often differ on their precise meaning by culture group and even by person. Many people disagree on how to describe themselves, or how other people should describe themselves. Ask the average teenager what social group they

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[filmnoir6]

Yeah, I know what you're talking about here, V. It is interesting seeing how some terms' meanings can mutate into something else. It reminds me of the line from Inigo Montoya from Princess Bride: "You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means." heh

[viana_qoh]

Haha, yeah, I remember that line.