The newest member of On the Fence Voters wrote a very thoughtful … and thought-provoking … post yesterday that I would like to share with you this afternoon. I hadn’t thought to categorize people in this way before, and I suspect that most people are some combination of these two, but what he says makes a lot of sense. Take a look …
Keeping in mind the crucial caveat that there are exceptions to almost every rule, I will attempt to persuade those reading this missive that we can accurately place every human into one of two categories. Category one is made up of how people. Category two is made up of why people. How people tend to be doers; they accomplish beneficial tasks–or at least want to do so. Why people tend to be dreamers, thinkers. They might also accomplish beneficial tasks, but they are more likely to want to discover why those tasks the how people accomplish are beneficial.
How People
How people tend to be hard-working blue-collar folks. If they attended any college, it probably was a community college or a trade college. It’s likely that during their career-preparation years they had only marginal interest in subjects outside those that pertained to their chosen profession…
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If I was in the USA I would be a
‘Don’t care. As long I as can vote that draft and tax dodging adulterous snake-oil merchant out of the Whitehouse’…. sort of person.
Sometimes you just got to get back to basics.
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Heh heh … yes, I can picture that! It’s mostly relevant because it gives us some insight to those who still sing his praises. Not, mind you, that it helps us learn how to change their minds, for it doesn’t. Their minds are like a stick stuck in poured concrete. Sigh.
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Yep! Never underestimate the strength of Denial.
I’ve seen it on both sides of the political divide.
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I’ve seen it on all sides, too, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen it dug in as deeply as it is with republicans in the U.S. today. I still keep seeing people say what a ‘great job’ Trump is doing … despite the fact that he’s done so much damage, some of which will take decades to repair.
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I will now be very harsh and judgemental and suggest it is due to a collective psychological shock of having one of ‘those people’ in the Whitehouse for eight years and nearly having a woman president.
‘Anything’ but those….
And indeed they did get Any ‘thing’.
As I keep on saying he’s their creation.
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That’s what I have long been saying, that Trump was pushback (punishment?) for eight years of an African-American in the Oval Office. And then, for us upstarts to have the unmitigated gall to think we could put a mere woman in the White House??? Yep, he must be a ‘thing’, for he damn sure ain’t a human. Sigh.
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The description by one of the characters from a British cartoon strip called The Perishers (kind of Peanuts) comes to mind.
‘A sock full of spaghetti, tied up ugly’
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Heh heh … I must check out that show … I like that expression for sure. Being a person of few words (in spoken dialogue) I would probably shorten it to “A sock full of ugly” … seems to describe a lot of things, doesn’t it?
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Just clarify there Jill, it was a cartoon strip in a newspaper
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Perishers,
Though they did do a brief tv show spin off
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PS: Yep! ‘A sock full of ugly’ fits many situations, like ‘A World of Hurt’ (polite version)
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Interesting perspective. I see myself as both a who and why kind-a person 🙂
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It is interesting … I think that most all of us are some combination of both. I do, however, think that some of the more … um … rigid-in-thought evangelicals are very much How people, without much deep thought or ability to question the “why” and “wherefore” of situations. And yes, I’m hedging a bit here because I’m really not in the mood for one of them to come screeching down at me and start an argument 😉
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Depends on how much coffee I’ve drunk. Currently a ‘who am I’ person.
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Heh heh … I hear you, my friend. Also, for me, depends on time of day. I seem only to come alive and be a functional thinker after midnight!
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I think I’m basically more your Who? What? Person.
Cwtch
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Who? What? When? Where? Why? I think all of us are multi-faceted and have some of each in varying proportions. I am a Why and How person, I think, always seeking to understand, for in understanding a problem, we can find a solution … sometimes … unless it involves closed minds. Sigh.
Cwtch
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