Beware of labels

I am sick of people throwing labels at each others’ heads instead of communicating.

When will you be ready to talk about what people actually do instead of assigning labels to them and then either loathe these labels or praise them.

Labels go together with concepts and categories and while we need them sometimes we DO NOT need them when agreeing or disagreeing with someone. On the contrary, using them in these situations will not help understanding neither will it help changing things for the better.

Don’t praise or loathe labels like: woke, left, right, conservative, gender, trans or term, hetero or normative or gay, liberal, extremist, terrorist, sexist, racist, misogynist, black, white, PoC, BAME, colonialist, old white men? …. I could fill pages with such labels….

Rather look at and comment on what people actually do. If you need to criticise then criticise what they do and explain why what they do is good or bad in your eyes.

Talk and communicate and follow these guidelines