Re: [FairfieldLife] Photo series shows how we see people in our minds vs. how they really are

[steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <steve.sundur@...> wrote :

 Not sure what you are saying below Barry.  Likely the usual basket of insults, 
mocking etc. 

 But, what you probably miss, is that  your beliefs pretty much check all the 
boxes for being a classic theist.
 

 Now, I know that goes against the meme you have of yourself as Barry Wright, 
hipster, renegade, rebel with an anti TM cause, but thems the facts.  
 

 Ain't no thang.  


---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote :

 From: "TurquoiseBee turquoiseb@... [FairfieldLife]" 
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
 
   I liked this photo series, although I can't get a couple of the HuffPo 
images to transform properly in either Firefox or Chrome. The photographer 
makes his point admirably IMO -- when Americans think of people from different 
ethnic groups, they seem to have an "internal image" of them based on the 
imprint of years of propaganda and prejudice, and which they then "project" 
onto the person they're looking at, not really seeing them at all. 

 

 I would suggest that we often see the same phenomenon here on FFL, especially 
regarding a few people who some people "love to hate." It doesn't seem to 
matter what these hate-objects really say or how they say it, the haters see 
them the way they see them in their minds anyway and characterize them using 
the same old fundamentalist stereotypes. It's as if their "internal image" of 
the person they dislike always "wins," leaving them unable to see any other 
aspect of the person they're hating on. Some examples of Joel Parés 
http://www.joelpares.com/ photos are below in the HuffPo article, others at the 
link under his name. 

  
 

 'Judging America' Photo Series Captures Nation's Stereotypes
 

  
  
 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/30/judging-america-photo-series_n_5907966.html
  
  
  
  
  
 'Judging America' Photo Series Captures Nation's Stereot... 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/30/judging-america-photo-series_n_5907966.html
 Terrorist. Gangster. Stripper. Landscaper. When people are viewed as 
stereotypes, they're labeled on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion or 
sexual orientation. P...


 
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/30/judging-america-photo-series_n_5907966.html
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Following up, one of the most fascinating things I see on this forum is the way 
that a number of people react to the word "Atheist." It should be pretty clear 
at this point that jr_esq, Steve, and Nabby in particular have a *strong* 
aversion both to the word and to the ideas they have in their minds of what an 
"Atheist" is. From my point of view, it's as if when they hear (or read) the 
word, the thinking part of their minds turns off completely, and all they can 
do is react -- emotionally, angrily, and without making much sense -- to the 
internal image of "Atheists" they carry around inside their heads. 

The most interesting part of this Atheist Hatred is that those who suffer from 
it seem to think that every time an atheist speaks, they're trying to "convert" 
those who believe in God. I've rarely ever seen this, on any forum, and don't 
think it happens very often *except* in the minds of believers. So with this in 
mind, and inspired by Joel's photos, here are a few alternative images of 
Atheists to balance the ones they seem unable to get rid of: