
We touched on this a few posts ago with a few specific examples. In more general terms, we should just treat each other with far more kindness and compassion. We never know the complete story behind anyone. We certainly would not want anyone to know our complete story either. Keeping that in mind, why would we leap to conclusions about another?
It can be easy to be convinced by media, or even by social media what is the truth about a group of people. Do your best to be reserved in your judgement. I cannot think of any group, be they social, political or anything else, where everyone is the same. I am not sure what I find more appalling, the fact that the powers that be think we would believe everyone in a group is exactly the same, be that good or bad, or the fact that many of us do believe such a thing.
Next time you see or hear someone telling you a story about an entire group of people, ask yourself a simple question. If you could gather any group of people would they be exactly the same? Would they all have the same history and the same story? Of course they would not. Understand that people have all sorts of experiences that we may never know. Be patient, be kind.