We have become a nation of assumptions. Not assumptions about policy or governance, but assumptions about people. Before someone opens their mouth, before they articulate a single thought, we have already decided who they are.
The white man in a MAGA hat is labeled intolerant. The Black man in that same hat is called a traitor. The woman with a septum piercing is presumed liberal. The androgynous man with blue hair is written off as progressive. The heavily tattooed man is assumed criminal. We reduce human beings to visual cues and political shorthand, then treat them according to conclusions we manufactured in seconds.
