Do you have any prejudices?

[FlyingNarwhal]

Well I've been doing better with it, but the moment I hear a southern accent I immediately move to the default position that the person is a half a retard. It took me knowing some really smart people from the South for me to start trying to get a grip on it.

[KichigaiNeko]

Thankfully we don't have "southerners" here in the Southern Hemisphere.

Bogons on the other hand....................

[festive1]

For me it works in reverse too. If I meet someone with a really posh accent (I tend to upvote British, Australian, and European accents), I tend to give them extra intelligence/educational points. This, of course, is fallacious as well. Just the opposite of Southern accents, and to a lesser extent really strong New England or other foreign accents.

[dazzn]

lol.. if you're as intelligent as you presume, you'd realise that stereotyping per se is fallacious.

i'd imagine you read some pop culture-based magazine and deciphered that all people everywhere from an ex-Confederacy state are dim..

[festive1]

No, I lived in an ex-Confederacy state for 12 years... I got to see a lot of stupid first-hand.
But see the trick is recognizing you're even doing the stereotyping. I didn't realize until college when I caught myself tuning out of a lecture, from a Southern-accented prof, who was otherwise very intelligent.

[dazzn]

lol. so you project the values of one to all? if one german steals my car, all germans are thieves?

[festive1]

Nah, and I tend to be more aware of my thoughts now then I was when I was in my teens and early 20's, specifically where certain notions come from. But there was a point where I didn't analyze so much and just went with my gut, so to speak. Now the problem is reversed and I tend to over-analyze, which is problematic as well. Like most of life it's a balancing act. Haven't perfected it yet, but if I do I'm going to build a self-help empire and rake in the dough

[dazzn]

ok, so you base your notions on transient memes. got it..

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dazzn wrote:

Who says that we need to do so?

Prejudices are part of human nature. It's only contemporary morals that cite they are wrong. Go tell people 200 years ago that prejudice is wrong, and see what they say lol..

I say I need to do so. Part of being human is that we can analyze our nature more critically than other animals and make decisions from what we learn. It might be natural to make judgments about people before we meet them, but I make the decision to not act upon them and consider that they could very well be great. Interacting with several people that contradict my previous assumptions could make it natural for me to not think like that naturally anymore. If that makes sense. I like the idea.

i'm sorry, but if i choose to shut myself off from given groups, it's my full prerogative. nobody has to associate with others, do they?

PC society merely deems prejudice as "wrong".

[festive1]

Perhaps... Perhaps not... Doesn't seem like you're interested in finding out. Which is fine by me

[dazzn]

or that you claim to be intelligent, yet believe what you read as gospel? as said in this thread, prejudice to me is normal. it's comical to read people who profess to being intelligent having faulty perceptions and ideals.