2007-03-16 04:12:14 · 28 answers · asked by boo 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I believe words have the power to lift up or destroy. I resist the temptation to belittle others. However there have been times I really wanted to cut people down to the bone. But it would accomplish nothing.
2007-03-16 04:32:58 · answer #1 · answered by mediahoney 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean cognitive dissonance? When you hold two opposing ideas in your mind, one is manifested and the other one is internalized. Taboo and social restrictions often come into conflict with instinctive desires. I would say that cognitive dissonance applies from the most animal desires, such as the conflict between a man's libido and the socially imposed prerequisites to sex; to the most complex and sublime, such as a man's desire for social justice (empathy) and the socially imposed mandates to accept institutional inequality.
Eventually one of the ideas is repressed and internalized and the other one is expressed and put into effect. That is how we adapt to society or we change it, when you don't voice difference and dissent you become part of the norm. That is why we go to school, so that we all share some basic ideas about the economic reality and dissent can be suppressed at an early age.
2007-03-16 11:30:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being in the psychology field, I pick up more about people, their actions, their words, than I did before I was better educated. But of course I don't say things out loud about it, unless someone happens to ask my opinion.
2007-03-16 11:21:29 · answer #3 · answered by Bud's Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes I think that skinny women look like circus freaks but I never say it.
There are a lot of stupid questions posted here but I seldom mention it.
I think high heels make my calves looked tonned and I feel pretty when I wear them. But I'm a guy so I never mention it.
I often wonder what dog meat tastes like but I never bring it up.
Sometimes the voices in my head tell me to do naughty things but I never talk about it.
2007-03-16 11:18:57 · answer #4 · answered by dww32720 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think I have the answer to solve your problem. But when I was in your situation I didn't listen to anybody else either, so I had to learn the hard way. It will be best if I just keep my mouth shut.
2007-03-16 11:42:36 · answer #5 · answered by stedyedy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i judge a book by its covers.. in my head it is always the first impression.. things i don't say are those things that don't mean much in real life; 'wow she's fat, she should hit the gym and stop chowing down those french fries'; 'dude, he's black w/ and asian girl; she's one big slut, probably takes it up the behind...' etc...
actually i guess i do say those things when i'm with friends... i am 'proud to be politically un-correct'
2007-03-16 11:25:10 · answer #6 · answered by mrjoh2001 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am old man but i need to love some lady who in the same time love me.I can`t say this thing.
2007-03-16 11:44:24 · answer #7 · answered by abotraka777 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there are many things i think of but i cant say... but if i sy it here means i'm saying it right... so i cant say.. well not all...
i thought of saying i love you and i just want to hug and kiss you to a friend many many times but i could never say it
2007-03-16 12:31:13 · answer #8 · answered by ieja 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thoughts that are evil or narrowly selfish are generally kept in own mind and not spoken out. There are also a lot of 'blue' stuff that keep crowding our mind and most of us are civilized enough to let them remain unspoken.
2007-03-16 11:22:37 · answer #9 · answered by small 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think of things, but I rather not say, my feelings sometimes hurts with no one hurting me and I cant explain
2007-03-16 11:20:04 · answer #10 · answered by Salaama 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋