Well the strange thing is, I've _been_ talking General Semantics
   for a lifetime (43 yrs old now)... and didn't even KNOW IT.

   Tried finding it under many other names. Didn't know what 'it'
   was. I was looking at derivatives or predecessors in shadowy
   form.

   I argued for it without knowing I was.

   So, now I need to look at its influencers. I'm on a quest of
   self-discovery that's harsh... one that is doing the OPPOSITE of
   what I've done for a lifetime: For a lifetime, I avoided
   "labels", talked layers of semantics with people, multiple
   perspectives, differences of opinion. I've stopped MANY verbal
   and written battles between people using what I *just* found out
   today was Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy even though I
   hadn't HEARD much of Albert Ellis before....

   and I was like...
   Shit.

   Now, I'm looking for *all the labels* that suit me.

   It doesn't mean I'm -against- it. It makes up who I am, how I
   think, the way I communicate and believe about the world.

   So I'm at a point where I need to comprehend its origins and its
   flaws, its assumptions, its drawbacks. I could write a book on
   General Semantics. I've lived it and didn't even know it. I
   embody it. Frightens me a tad actually because what I thought
   was "me", wasn't. Isn't.

   I may end up finding "nobody" when I'm done. I'm ready for that
   possibility too. But, I need to know.

   If you have information on the background of G.S. I'd appreciate
   it. It will help me. I've found some things, but the search is
   trickier than expected.