#misunderstand — Public Fediverse posts

Without Self-Awareness
Without self-awareness, we misunderstand ourselves like a blind person understanding colors. The misunderstanding leads us to misunderstanding others and the world.

#mindfulness #philosophy #selfawareness #misunderstand

#Trump’s #definitions of “#male” and “#female” are #nonsense #science with staggering #ramifications

“How can you so fully #misunderstand #basic #human #biology, and then #legislate about it?”

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/trumps-definitions-of-male-and-female-are-nonsense-science-with-staggering-ramifications/

#top10 #Common #Phrases (Almost) Everyone Gets #Wrong

If #mistaken #words are used often enough, people start to repeat and transmit them in different forms. Here are some of the most common #idioms that people #mishear and #misunderstand.

https://wordsmarts.com/wrong-idioms/

@kboyd

https://mindly.social/@cazabon/110857550275035974

#C18 #hubris #tech #misunderstand #politicians

Reminder that the gold standard of #humanity is not "everyone thinks the exact same way about absolutely everything, all of the time, or else." That's a #cult.

Just because someone has an opinion, doesn't mean they are "gatekeeping", a word that is heavily over used.

To clarify, #gatekeeping is a real thing, and it is a shitty behaviour: stop it; but, you can't label everyone as gate-keepers simply for having a differing opinion.

Gate-keeping means you are trying to prevent inclusion or limit access to a group or community. Gate-keeping is about control. A person can have a differing opinion, state that opinion freely, and not be participating in gate-keeping, all at the same time.

I particularly become frustrated when people ask an honest question, they get an honest answer from someone, only to have people screaming "GATEKEEPER" about the answer.

Why did you ask a question if you didn't want to hear an honest answer that could differ wildly between people? It's heavily a bait-and-switch situation, and it's #abusive.

I personally have many opinions that people disagree with, but I don't also use those opinions to control the access of other people to groups, communities, or resources. My opinion is mine and affects no one but myself. Typically, I try to make that clear as glass when stating an opinion, but there are so many people that want to read between the lines, it becomes frustrating.

There is a fine line between wanting to protect people and actively trying to #misunderstand people to find a purposeful reason to feel justified about being #offended by something.

None of us live in a vacuum, but sometimes, we sure act like it.