is prejudice always a bad thing?

[Meltingpot]

Hippies.

That's an interesting example. Are all hippies the same? I don't think so, though they obviously have things in common.

 

[Meltingpot]

Here's one (coming from a different thread). If I mention the word "accountant," what association do those of you who aren't accountants have with that word?

 

[IMR]

Introverted, conscientious, unaggressive, clever, conventional, male.

 

[frogwoman]

Here's one (coming from a different thread). If I mention the word "accountant," what association do those of you who aren't accountants have with that word?

boring, immaculate suit, shy, lonely

 

[Meltingpot]

There are quite a few female accountants nowadays, but the others I'd agree with. I have once met one who was a practising pagan though, but he worked for his family business so he didn't have to establish that he could "fit in."

I'd have said Tory voter as well (though I could be wrong, I'll bet most of them are).

The point I was making was that we all form stereotypes of people, and that is where the prejudice comes in.