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     Dichotomous thinkers  seek  to  eliminate  ambiguity,
doubts,   uncertainty  and  confusion through  the  use of
distinctions and decisions which are arbitrary, capricious
and/or  discriminatory.  They try to make it  appear  that
they act in terms of ideals and values which merit respect
and  support;  but looking behind the appearance carefully
will  show  that  the appearance is determined more  by  a
mask, than by the reality behind the mask.

     Dichotomous thinkers have a compulsive need to reduce
complex  situations  to  simple  situations  where   sharp
boundaries   can  apparently  be  drawn  between   yes/no,
good/evil,    friend/enemy,    right/wrong,    true/false,
black/white, perfect/imperfect,  acceptable/un-acceptable,
and  other  poles  of artificially created and  maintained
dichotomies.   They  find  it impossible to  accept unique
people as they truly are in their complex uniqueness which
transcends all dichotomous categorizations.  Creative  and
unique people must be analyzed and reduced through violent
manipulations   into  a  pattern  of  yes/no  answers   to
dichotomous questions;  and accepted or rejected according
to some formal formula.

     Dichotomous thinkers do  not  respect or support true
personal or  communal integrity;  for integrity has to  do
with    making   and   maintaining    true    connections,
relationships and interactions.  Dichotomous thinkers  are
fundamentalists who  use their selected fundamental values
and ideals  to make  and  maintain alienative distinctions
with  clean boundaries between  what/who is acceptable and
what/who is properly rejectable.  Dichotomous thinkers are
opposed to true conflict resolution  and  work  instead to
promote   conflicts   between   opposing  poles   of   the
dichotomies  which  they  work to maintain.  Personal  and
communal integrity are neither respected nor supported  by
dichotomous thinkers.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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