We donโt see things as they are;
we see them as we are.
At once pithy and piquant, the statement โWe donโt see things as they are; we see them as we are.โ intimates that how we take things to be is quite independent of how things really are. To the extent that our views are coloured by our expectations and upbringings, they have a strong tendency to be personalized or relativized, thus routinely deviating from and becoming at odds with the realities of life and the true nature of things. After all, our perspectives (particular slants, views, prospects or outlooks on things), orientations (basic attitudes, beliefs or feelings regarding certain subjects or issues), frames of reference (how issues or matters are structured and contextualized via a set of criteria or stated values in relation to which measurements or judgements can be made), and points of view (specific attitudes or ways of considering issues or matters) characteristically entail limitations, imperfections, biases, value judgements, opinions, interpretations, assumptions and even speculations or wishful thinking. Whether or not we are aware of and willing to acknowledge the ongoing sociocultural mediations and intrapersonal cognitive distortions separating our subjective reckoning from the objective reality, there is no escaping that we are individually conditioned and compelled to project our views and expectations onto matters through the lenses and filters of our minds and perceptions, often occasioning assorted pitfalls, prejudices and fallacies, many of which can significantly affect our ability, willingness and personal responsibility to make sense of, and account for, the relevant history, contexts and contests as well as the moral, social and political bearings and principles pertinent to (establishing and upholding) civil and political rights along with racial, economic, social and environmental justice.
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