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G-Pop had a rare moment.
He asked his grandson, “What do you think about your classmates at school?”
“Most of them don’t like me,” said the young man, dipping his head in disappointment.
“How many kids are there?” asked G-Pop.
“About twenty-five,” said the grandson.
G-Pop continued. “So is it thirteen? Sixteen? Or all twenty-five who don’t like you?”
The young boy squinted at G-Pop. “I don’t know how many,” he replied, a little aggravated.
“So how do you know it’s most?” G-Pop posed.
In a country that runs its programs by polls, the word “most” becomes overly important and eliminates the discovery of truth.
- Most women are…
- Most blacks do…
- Most Mexicans come to our country for…
- Most men think…
- Most Christians believe…
- Most Muslims pursue…
- Most Wall Street executives are…
- Most politicians…
- Most girls…
- Most boys…
- Most countries…
- Most vegetables…
- Most meat…
Most of the most.
The word “most” is used as a safe way of being prejudiced, while falling back on data which is often tampered with by bigots who want to prove their point.
“Most” is probably the most dangerous word that has come into our society, even though calling it the most dangerous might be part of the problem.
Here is a fact:
Human beings don’t do anything predictable. They are basically content to leave well enough alone, even if they find that status to be unsatisfying.
Yes, stagnancy is always preferable to both goodness and evil.
So the reason we introduce the word “most” into our dialogue is to convince the crowd around us that we are part of the plurality, not tied into a minority, which is obviously wrong as seen by their weak numbers.
G-Pop points out that this presidential election is more concerned with polls than ever before. And the polls never agree because the polls never ask the right question of the right people at the right time.
If we are going to be people of vision, faith and creativity, we have to eliminate the word “most” from our daily conversation, or we will terminate the flexibility of races, religions and personal effort.
Most gay people aren’t anything.
Most Christians are not locked up in a box.
And most Muslims don’t blow up buildings, as most Mexicans don’t rape.
But if you can convince people that “most” of the subject at hand is a threat, then you can also mob them together to attack all.
G-Pop waited for his grandson to produce the number of kids in his class who did not like the little fella. He could never come up with an actual count, because it was just easier to assume that most of them were against him.
The only way to live as a human being and be successful is to admit to yourself that the next encounter and the next experience is mercurial–because it’s controlled by human beings, who are “mostly” individuals.
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