Thursday, August 15, 2013
It's an interesting idea: insofar as social structures are invisible, we mis-read the actions of other people.
As a boy, I certainly misunderstood my father because I failed to understand that the McCarthy era had a permanent effect upon him, and he genuinely feared losing his job should his teenage son turn out to be a communist.
So, too, when I gripe and whine about my current situations, I may be blind to social or cultural factors influencing me or others.
That is a risk; and, for that reason I have written many times that while I try to say what's true (even if it is a merely "personal" truth about myself) I do not pretend to full scholarly or scientific objectivity.
That's the best I can do right now by way of apology should a friend or acquaintance be personally offended by anything I've written here.
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