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[Kendall]

Well not to go against the grain for the sake of going against any specific opinion.

I like labels

Not that I want to box anyone up. I know I have labels that are open, changing, and sometimes in error. I like words and labels so I can understand. Certainly reality is beyond words. And words are human creations that try to explain reality. Yes they also constrict and sometimes do harm, and make one lost.

But they can also create understanding, good, inspire, and help on find one's way. And they can help one understand.

KK

[Ms Bev]

i find it amusing ......................... as soon as someone disagrees with the majority, the [wisest] solution is deleting the thread or asking the moderators for help. [a brick wall iow]  and one of the reasons why im not part of the majority of anything.

Of many things I find un-amusing , one is allowing the "majority" opinion to rule.  In the past, we have let majority opinion label whole races of people as inferior in some way or other.  Other majority opinions have led civilizations to collide for what that majority believed to be absolutely the correct line of thought, belief, spiritual tradition etc, only to be looked back upon as reprehensible, inhumane acts.  Always, the minorities "kept the faith", and asked their mystical powers that be, lend a helping hand.  Sounds melodramatic, I know, but let's zoom in to our own little world.  How often has the majority of the general population despised, killed, beaten, threatened, cheated, discriminated against all members of the Queer community?

Hmmmm.....maybe I shouldn't use that word.  No, not that one.  Damn!  gimmie a word!  You know, all of us who don't  meet the majority populations standard of "looks like a boy, acts like a boy",  "looks like a girl, acts like a girl"

Majorities, like statistics, are often skewed....
Minorities, on the other hand, are usually screwed.
And they will count on their mystical powers that be, to come to the rescue.

So, any mystical forum powers that be can still jump in at any time.

[BeverlyAnn]

[Damn!  gimmie a word!  You know, all of us who don't  meet the majority populations standard of "looks like a boy, acts like a boy",  "looks like a girl, acts like a girl"

Marginalized?