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I spent half my life in the military (do the math) and was labelled with ever increasingly sophisticated titles. Twenty years of label seeking and collecting culminated with the label, Chief. This label granted me nearly uncompromised power over the underling, acolyte, and initiate. I used this label's power to enforce what I thought/believed was the correct way of doing things. I refused to acknowledge, and sometimes even punished ignorance, naivete, failure, and actions, deeds, and speech I (I myself) found unacceptable and disregarding of my power.
Contrary to the "evil" I witnessed my early "chief" self do, I used the label to perform more "good" than evil in my later years. I assumed the role the label granted me; leader, teacher, teammate, fellow individual. I owned the label and gave more thought to it's power.
I don't have the label anymore and I can clearly see there was a perceived power in it, a social perception.? I venture a guess the same is true of all labels; bitch, slut, reverend, senator, anarchist.
Own that shit and you might get to choose the definition of the label.
Bitch.