#selective perception

I really do not enjoy getting political, but in light of everything going on, I feel this is relevant. 

I cannot tell you how many times I’ve seen people on social media refer to others as “the right” or “the left” when talking about values and ideas. I want to stress one thing. These people are stereotyping. Furthermore, those who believe everyone in their party holds the same exact values are projecting onto others. 

It goes without saying that not everyone who considers themselves a republican or everyone that considers themselves a democrat have exactly the same views and values. However, when an individual’s views are skewed so far one way or the other, they tend to only notice the things that already fall in line with their presumed beliefs about others-- in other words, selective perception encourages the stereotyping behavior. 

Why is this a problem? Lately I have seen people claim that “all democrats want communism and revocation of rights” and “all republicans don’t care if their family dies as long as the economy is okay” and that is clearly a dangerous thought process. Those who are projecting seem to think everyone in their political party is handling these circumstances properly. Both situations are not ideal. 

Websites:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_perception

Videos:

Isn’t it strange how people are rejecting Johnlock “because it is not Canon”? While being fine with

Moriarty blowing his head off 

Mrs Hudson being an exotic dancer and ex-wife of the executed runner of a drug cartel 

Mrs Watson being a pregnant assassin shooting the hero

Irene Adler being a lesbian dominatrix

the Holmes parents appearing at all AND apparently being quite ordinary people doing London sightseeing and musicals 

Mycroft Holmes becoming a main character sharing a complicated history with his brother