Midi – The term “prejudice” is defined somewhat differently in the UB and without the “unfavorable” element (still undesirable however), or so I understand it (there are dozens of examples found by a key word search). Current usage can describe any -ism like racism, sexism, etc. But as presented in the UB, it also means a loyalty to preconception or current knowledge and belief which inhibits growth by its rigidity or inflexibility and prevents new truths and understanding to blossom in mind. It is a normal tendency of material mind to be jealous of its own perspective and conclusions and requires purposeful management and diminishment without then coming to believe anything and everything – to lack prejudice is not to expand gullibility for example.
Louis describes one element of such prejudice as “experiential bias” which I think accurate in its way and describes a limitation that each mind must be aware of – our perspective is limited by our experience and also by our internal loyalty to our own understanding. One may be prejudice with knowledge, thought, or reason by the definition used in the UB I think – it is limited knowledge, it is thoughtful to some degree, and a reasoned belief whereby the knowledge, thought, and reasoning is limited, distorted, narrow, and may often be something learned from others and blindly accepted – or traditional/cultural/familial in origination.
I did not say I hoped to “lessen” my prejudice BY “disagreement” nor did I say disagreement “comes” easily – I said I try to “take” disagreement easily or agreeably to learn thereby from the perspective of others which may disagree with my own – thus the reference to my prejudice and my wish to lessen it by listening to and learning from the perspectives of others. I don’t find no double negatives in my prior sentences (haha – now that’s a double negative). It is unfortunate that you seek out “implications” and innuendo by the words I choose to express myself or that you believe me to be deceptive. Your lessons in grammar imply suspicions and judgments of character I find regrettable….but you must decide for yourself what my motives and agenda may be. As we all do by the words chosen and manner written by all posters here.
While my English, grammar, and writing skills leave ample room for improvement, I am unsure how “genetic memory” affects those since these are learned skills and tools and not innate or genetic by any measure; an interesting proposition you give.
I think we seem to have exhausted the topic as you have offered nothing related to the topic itself in your critique of my perspective as presented and the presentation itself. We seem to be just chasing my tail here.
I thank the moderators for allowing time to explore the issue of removing the post and their explanation which I find appropriate. Thanks to all. Think I’ll move over to Vern’s new topic – “What is inexcusable?” – an interesting beginning on the topic.
"Live loyally today—grow—and tomorrow will attend to itself. The quickest way for a tadpole to become a frog is to live loyally each moment as a tadpole."
