--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Ronn!Blankenship" wrote:
>
> > Is it even possible to apply any label to a person without any trace
> > of stigma?
>
> I think so. But it's also possible to apply any label to a person with
> the *intent* of stigma, depending on who's applying what label.
>
> The problem with labelling is that you oversimplify the person
> labelled. You apply the label, and then think you know a lot more about
> that person than you do. 500 labels on one person still wouldn't tell
> you anything of great depth about them. And once you've labelled
> someone, it's *so* much easier to be dismissive about them.
That's a good point, but not everyone is as incapable of applying labels and
~not~ oversimplifying the person.
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