Monday, November 22, 2010

11/22- "Fear Builds Walls"

What does it mean?

Well in my opinion, it has something to do with how fear only breeds ignorance, while ignorance breeds fear. We're all scared of something, and most of those times its because there's something about it we don't know. Humans naturally fear the unknown. And usually if we're scared of something, we stay far away from it. So we'll never learn about it, reinforcing the 'fear breeds ignorance'.

If we fear something we'll become prejudice against it, whether it's from needles or some person. You'll hate them. Are you scared of spiders? Then you obviously hate spiders. And in some cases, like spiders, it doesn't necessarily create walls. But in other cases, like you're afraid of a person, whether you have a real legit excuse as to why or not, it'll build walls. You hate what they do, you hate what they stand for, you don't want to be involved with them, and you'll get protective of yourself if they're around.

Fear Builds Walls.

It's weird how people work. But to be honest, it's quite simple. If one of your best friends said a hilarious joke, you'd laugh, right? But what happens if someone to hated said it? You'd glare at them and probably say something along the lines of "Was that supposed to be funny?"

Think about it, really. It's just our initial reactions. It's human.
If someone's a threat, we fear them, and that fear turns into anger. And either way, it makes someone protective and closed off.

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