And I'm grateful for all that you've shared, and I'm sure others are as well, and I'm not even requesting that you stop, or that I stop. I am just unable to keep up at this pace. After being on internet forums as long as I have (nearly two decades!), I'm of the opinion that when someone takes a cohesive post and dissolves it into its pieces, that we are usually moving further from a place of understanding than closer. My desire is not to go point-counterpoint ad infinitum. I had one point that I felt others were being willfully ignorant to. I don't even disagree with much else of what has been said in the thread. It seems the main disagreement is in methodology.
I (perhaps misguidedly) felt as if my opinion in this scenario was valuable because I have an extreme over-abundance of social intercourse interactions that I've processed in my life, being a waitress for 12 years now. I've worked closely with so many different types of people, from mostly poor and disenfranchised backgrounds and upbringings, but not exclusively. I have to know how to be a pleasing personality to every facet of the rainbow. You said that it's entertaining racism to treat people differently because of their psychological characteristics. I think it's nuance and appreciating the infinity of the Creator, and the most exciting part about service to others. It's something I've been studying and applying in the real world on a near daily basis with dozens to hundreds of people for the over three years that I've been aware of the Law of One, and before. I've taken the advice to "move through groups" very, very seriously. Hence why I feel that this was just my attempt (again, perhaps misguided) to impart some of my own beginning attempts at "wisdom" in dealing with others socially, as there was a big social disconnect that seemed to be degrading further. There has to be a balance between what people want to hear and what you want to tell them, or else the gap can be too wide to overcome. Something as different in approach as, "I understand you've experienced sexism as a woman, and I can't possibly understand exactly what you've gone through. BUT - (insert information about rising above victimhood here)" can help move a point further along, because you are expressing an initial understanding of their issue, so that they can in turn reciprocate that understanding, facilitating the energy exchange. Ideally. But the opening of the exchange has to begin with an expression of understanding.
I (perhaps misguidedly) felt as if my opinion in this scenario was valuable because I have an extreme over-abundance of social intercourse interactions that I've processed in my life, being a waitress for 12 years now. I've worked closely with so many different types of people, from mostly poor and disenfranchised backgrounds and upbringings, but not exclusively. I have to know how to be a pleasing personality to every facet of the rainbow. You said that it's entertaining racism to treat people differently because of their psychological characteristics. I think it's nuance and appreciating the infinity of the Creator, and the most exciting part about service to others. It's something I've been studying and applying in the real world on a near daily basis with dozens to hundreds of people for the over three years that I've been aware of the Law of One, and before. I've taken the advice to "move through groups" very, very seriously. Hence why I feel that this was just my attempt (again, perhaps misguided) to impart some of my own beginning attempts at "wisdom" in dealing with others socially, as there was a big social disconnect that seemed to be degrading further. There has to be a balance between what people want to hear and what you want to tell them, or else the gap can be too wide to overcome. Something as different in approach as, "I understand you've experienced sexism as a woman, and I can't possibly understand exactly what you've gone through. BUT - (insert information about rising above victimhood here)" can help move a point further along, because you are expressing an initial understanding of their issue, so that they can in turn reciprocate that understanding, facilitating the energy exchange. Ideally. But the opening of the exchange has to begin with an expression of understanding.
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