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Old Jun 2, 2006 | 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Chefboiali
I know. It's like always being labeled as. In Sociology, there's a theory called the Labeling Theory. If someone constantly labels you as BAD, then you will take on that secondary characteristic, and give them MORE of that, even if it's not in to BE bad. Constantly drilling the bad statistics is a form of institutionalized labeling.

haha, Scientologists think they came up with that concept :rofl:
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