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53 Post author: jwhendy 07 January 2011 12:17AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 07 January 2011 09:59:03AM 11 points [-]

"Are you wondering what you're supposed to think right now?"

This is a wonderful question to ask yourself. Wondering what your opinions "should be" as a member of 'your team' is surprisingly easy to do when you publicly give yourself any labels (feminist/liberal etc) and one reason I stopped identifying myself using such terms.

Comment author: jwhendy 07 January 2011 03:37:44PM 2 points [-]

...I stopped identifying myself using such terms.

Interesting point. Early on I had been warned that I was too eager to find my answer about god simply because I wanted to know what I was, as in what "label" I now fell under. I think that was wise advice and echoes with your point. Don't get me wrong... I wanted the answer, but I also found myself wanting to be able to know what name I was supposed to call myself (agnostic, atheist, freethinker, etc.).