Labels build false characters

Prejudice leads to false character building.

Being judged or labeled may be inevitable. And while it happens, the judged eventually become what they were branded for because other people approached them as such.

For example, if we believe that all blonds are dumb, we will most likely talk to them as if they really are idiots. We approach them as such, they respond appropriately, then we respond back, they respond again and then us and then them and so on.

Characters shape up because sometimes we unknowingly look for the character we believe a person is suppose to be, usually based on how we first know or heard of him/her. In our exampe, the process created the "dumb blond" personality.

And if at the first attempt the dumb-blond-theory failed, some may opt to persist and insist. And the cycle goes on. We decide to stop only when the judgement is proven. Unaware that we are simply satisfying an equation that didn't exist.

Hasty conclusions. A self fulfillment prophesy. It's a recurring pattern yet we still fail often at it.

We never learn.

About Asking Mass Support

Support.

Such an abused concept, isn't it?

When we want to do something that we think is good yet we feel unsure of we say "we need your support."

We go for the slogan "support indie music" or "support local music" or "support the oil price hike" or "support the fight for tuition fee increase". Whatever the agenda is, the message is usually about hope.

Or is it?

That messianic plea for a united ideology may sound appealing at first glance. But really when you cross examine, it's actually just about a person's tinge of frustration magnified.

I chose to inspire, encourage, and motivate. Not criticize.

Support comes wholeheartedly when the giving starts from you - not the other way around. Support is given easily when the giving was initiated by and from the source.

Trust me. This approach works far better than protest rallies.