Labels

I've often been told that I'm a hard person to please.  That may be true in some cases, but in this one I am very easy to please.

This case that I am talking about is labels.  We label our merchandise that we buy in stores, off the internet, at a dealership and we as a nation... Nah!  We as the whole world label people.  We label people who have disabilities, who are of different nationality, who are of different religions, and who are a part of the LGBTQ community.  We label other people.

When people meet me for the first time and I'm super polite and courteous, they assume that I'm gay.  When I'm not nice or courteous, they assume that I'm another typical heterosexual male adult.  It ticks me right off that people assume things about you when they haven't gotten to know the real you.

It shouldn't matter that I'm attracted to other men, or that Susie can't read, or that Anne doesn't eat red meat, or that Donny is of different colour skin, or that Billy can't walk, is of different colour skin, doesn't work on Sunday's, is attracted to the same sex and can't read well.

We are who we are.  Don't fit us into a label just to please your narrow mind.  We all deserve to be loved for who we are.  Don't assume anything.  A wise person once said, "Don't assume.  Because when you assume, you make an ass out of you and me."

We all are more than labels.  We as humans are not to be stereotyped against.  Just because I'm ubber polite doesn't mean you can label me as gay.  I am polite, I am nice, I am me.  I am Josh.

We all have names.  Get to know them and call us by our names.  Let's eliminate labels from humans.