There are a lot of generalizations automatically inferred by this. There are a lot of complex egos that clash as well. And there are ridiculously ignorant perspectives at the same time (but that's always debatable, right?)

In any case, I'm curious to know how people around here view themselves and their perceptions...

Shooting a list off the top of my head, there's..

Perspectives:
political
historical (both classical and cultural)
philosophical
economical
anthropological
sociological
emotional

I know there's more and feel free to add...

What I'm after is discussion of various forms of analysis, how we feel AND think about them, what's biased, what's moral/ethical, what's cold and cruel, which forms tickle your personal AND our collective fancy and all the other
good stuff that is implied here.