Labels are both a blessing and a curse because when used productively they can serve as motivators and translators. For example, if I were to tell you I'm a "creative thinker" or a "logical reasoner", etc. those labels would tell you a lot with regards to what to expect from me.
I think honest self-labeling can be a good thing when used to inform, but also a destructive weapon when used externally to try to place someone in a box. To that end, I think the inherent tendency for labels to project one person's opinions onto another is where the greatest problem lies with this issue.
In other words, when people are hiding judgment behind their "labels", there's no longer room for a person to push their boundaries.
!1UP
Thank you for this aspect or angle towards labelling. I tend to admit in the post that labelling can be positive and sometimes when it is, it can help others to know a lot about us. Nevertheless, I've been exposed to how labelling can ruin people, their chances and how it takes away meaning to their existence.
Nevertheless, it's a thing". It's how we often tend to recognise or place meaning to people and things, it's just that it totally scrap away the essence to what a person truly is.
Thank you for the curation.
You bet! I appreciate the stimulating read ;)
Like every other thing labelling keeps the sides of the same coin. That's a good elaboration you have presented. It's not just about self labelling that produce positive results. Labelling others with positive words can also produce profound positive effects. The words have power that represents itself in either forms, good or bad, depending on how we use it.