
Originally Posted by
Kim
This thread makes me feel sort of claustrophobic and weirded out because this categorization and the typing of groups/countries/regions/entities seems so limiting and non-productive. I realize that it's just fun and games and I am not asking to stop doing it if you feel so inclined, but I strongly feel that groups do not have types.
Between the ages of 16-25 (roughly), I frequently hung out at an alternative coffee shop full of leftist activists, punks, old (and new) hippies, stoners, etc. It was this big family of people who were looking for an inclusive place to hang out. Everyone except racists/neo-nazis, etc. were welcome and treated nicely and with respect because the space united everyone. People would play games, pool, cards, drink, talk, organize, mobilize, etc. My point is that I could not for the life of me put this bunch of people or any subgroup thereof into a quadra. I also think that doing so, perpetuates stereotypes (if you fight the establishment you must be beta, blablabla). I mean, I might be a boring delta moralizer now, but when I was 17, I fought the establishment with more conviction than any self-proclaimed "I am so edgy and different, I must be beta" person on here. I wrote poetry, too. Perhaps I am IEI?
This thread is fine, don't get me wrong. But seriously, the stereotypes are getting old. It's boring and stuck in its ways, it must be delta? Rednecks are delta? Seriously? Sometimes this place feels like the escapist vision of people with extremely boring lives who need an outlet to make themselves believe that since they are a certain type, their life is exciting by default.
Tbh, it's been pissing me off more and more lately and I think I am just using this thread to vent. Don't mind me.