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Old 04-09-2007, 06:54 PM   #107
BigV
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Labels such as these are most often applied and used as shortcuts, as stereotypes. As stereotypes, they're not very useful. I'm sure you have experience with stereotypes, right? They have only a superficial usefulness.

And as shortcuts, well, they're just pointers to the facts. You still have to go get the facts yourself. But many people just stop at the shortcut and decide that they "know" something because they've been told it's right or left this or that.
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