03-08-2016, 02:21 AM
(03-08-2016, 12:23 AM)GMDino Wrote: Well enough about me.
But in all seriousness I was merely pointing out that when asked for some sort of proof SN declared the other poster should find it themselves. Lucy is the one who jumped into the fray with his defense of not requiring proof but rather having to prove something is false. Which is wrong.
No one asked Fred to do so.
Why not ask Fred to prove himself? Notice I haven't requested Fred to do this, since the information is actually available, a quick google search is all that I would need to do to find Fred's studies. Of course I don't agree with his analysis of the studies and I also have some issues with how the studies are conducted and a few other things that I find dubious, however, I don't go on and on about him having to provide the studies.
My stance is basic behavioral science. Feel free to look it up. What a person is told will have influence over what they perceive. The situation that I provided is a made up scenario, however the purpose of the scenario was to illustrate how a person will interpret a situation based off of what he is told or even not told.
If you tell a beautiful woman that she is ugly over and over, then she will perceive herself to be ugly. If you tell someone they are a victim over and over, they will perceive themselves as a victim.
However if you tell an ugly woman that she is beautiful over and over, then she will perceive herself to be beautiful. If you tell someone that they aren't a victim over and over, then they will overcome their adversity.
So if a black child is told by his parents, schools, society and media over and over that he will be followed around in stores, then he will always notice the times that he is followed around vs the times he isn't. He could go into 10, 100 or 1000 stores and not be followed in a single one. However if he goes into that 11, 101 or 1001 store and is followed, then that automatically validates what was told to him his entire life. What he was told is has now been proven in his perspective.
This isn't just a black community thing either. Any person or group of people can be used.
So no, I don't have to provide links to support this stance. The information on this is out there, feel free to look it up.
