poofyhairguy: Perception is different.
Perception is "what you the person sees/believes." For example- Many people have the perception Donald Trump is a racist based on his provable actions and words.
I'm having a bit of trouble here. If people perceive Trump to be a racist based on provable actions and words what does provable mean here. For example you go on to say:
p: Some don't agree with that perspective but either way the viewpoint is based on a collection of facts.
M: These two statements don't seem to jibe. If Trump is a racists based of provable facts in the sense that his actions and words are provably racist then does it not follow that he must be a racist. So if there are people who disagree how can that be based on a collection of facts when the collection of facts are condemnatory. People who disagree aren't disagreeing based on facts but must be constructing an altered reality of pretend facts, no?
p: Optics is "what it looks like to everyone." Example- Bill meeting Loretta and talking in private right before the Justice Department decided whether to go after Hillary had terrible optics. Maybe they said nothing about the situation, and we don't have facts either way. But pretty much anyone admits it looks bad. That is optics.
OK then why is it when Trump says and does things that are provably racist why is it that the optics universally that he is a racist?
It seems to me then that the real issue should be now what the perceptions or optics are, but why they are seen as they are seen. It seems to me then that what we see we see according to some need. If there is a need to see reality one way and not another, the perceptions and optics will follow and align and where the need is not there the same thing will happen but likely in an alternate direction, one that is real. Thus people with emotional needs surrounding various topics will live in altered realities and be completely unaware of that fact.
Perception is "what you the person sees/believes." For example- Many people have the perception Donald Trump is a racist based on his provable actions and words.
I'm having a bit of trouble here. If people perceive Trump to be a racist based on provable actions and words what does provable mean here. For example you go on to say:
p: Some don't agree with that perspective but either way the viewpoint is based on a collection of facts.
M: These two statements don't seem to jibe. If Trump is a racists based of provable facts in the sense that his actions and words are provably racist then does it not follow that he must be a racist. So if there are people who disagree how can that be based on a collection of facts when the collection of facts are condemnatory. People who disagree aren't disagreeing based on facts but must be constructing an altered reality of pretend facts, no?
p: Optics is "what it looks like to everyone." Example- Bill meeting Loretta and talking in private right before the Justice Department decided whether to go after Hillary had terrible optics. Maybe they said nothing about the situation, and we don't have facts either way. But pretty much anyone admits it looks bad. That is optics.
OK then why is it when Trump says and does things that are provably racist why is it that the optics universally that he is a racist?
It seems to me then that the real issue should be now what the perceptions or optics are, but why they are seen as they are seen. It seems to me then that what we see we see according to some need. If there is a need to see reality one way and not another, the perceptions and optics will follow and align and where the need is not there the same thing will happen but likely in an alternate direction, one that is real. Thus people with emotional needs surrounding various topics will live in altered realities and be completely unaware of that fact.