SILLY SOUL
You know the feeling when you talk to someone and you know that no matter what you do or say you're NEVER going to change that persons mind? And you just get exhausted trying to talk because you know there's no point to it?
Yeah, I've been getting that lately.
I can tolerate other peoples views and respect them for that. But I hate it when people try to push their views on others. I can understand that they're passionate about what they believe in and they are adamant to share it with others, but to preach on them, to say that their beliefs are the right beliefs and the only only beliefs to abide by, that's just irritating.
If you believe in something and you know people with different views, the only thing you can do is tell that person why you believe in it and give advice if you want AND leave it at that. Don't ever say that what they believe in is stupid or wrong. Don't ever judge another persons beliefs.
We all come from different backgrounds and a slightly different culture. And what may seem like normal for you may seem like an alternate universe for others. You can compare yourself with others and you can compare beliefs as well and then judge them. You can only try to be respectful and open about it.
Part of what we learn in anthropology is that as a future anthropologist you can't EVER judge someone without fully understanding where that person's coming from. And even if you did you, criticizing them will only make others see how ethnocentric you are.
Try to be as objective as possible.
As you can tell, I dislike close minded people. and the world is full them. But I can't blame them because it's their culture that they grew up with that makes them who they are.
OPEN YOUR MINDS!
Something happened today that was just irritating because i had an encounter with one very ethnocentric person. it's EXHAUSTING. I got tired just talking trying to make her see that though, I disagree with her beliefs, I'm not judging her for it and I'm sure as hell not saying that it's wrong. I'm just saying that I disagree.
There she was trying to push her beliefs trying to convert me to whatever without understanding that I wasn't going to budge.
I told her it was pointless trying to preach on me. And that we both have our own principles to abide by and neither of us were willing to to agree on what the other was saying and so, it would be better to just try to understand the history, the culture of how we ended up this way. BUT NO, she just couldn't accept that people think differently.
I HATE THAT.
I just wanted to yell at her. but I tried to remain objective and I think I raised a lot of good points for her to consider but she's just not the type. I told her that I'd consider her points. And that I respect what she believes. She just couldn't respect my beliefs.
IDIOT!
*i'm just irritated. that's all. bow*