Can you recognize a person as an individual and also part of a group?

[snackthatsmilesback]

Say I'm a member of some national association or large group of activists. I'm also in a religion. I also have an ethnicity, nationality, and gender.

Can you see me as an individual when i act in my own purposes and desires, and as a member of a group when I act according to the group's larger purpose or specific rules?

Say if I'm a Christian and was baptized, would you understand I did that as a Christian and wouldn't have done it if I wasn't one?

And if I was a man bought a dog, would you understand I did that as an individual and would have done that regardless of whether I was a man or not?

Yes I can easily recognize someone as an individual and group member when appropriate.

I can usually, but sometimes I have trouble separating the individual from the group.

I am rarely able to do this and often conflate individuals and groups with each other.

I never do this. I either had no idea it was possible, or am actively against the idea.

[Dargil]

It depends on how they identify themselves, what or whom they identify with and how they behave.

[snackthatsmilesback]

That makes sense. The less I know about a group the harder it is for me to recognize it from individuals, for sure.

[NathanDavis]

that's what I usually do, yes...

don't like to define anyone by one or two marked references either...

some exceptions do apply, though

[BungusHighFivePizza]

When appropriate, yeah. Depends on zoom level. You don't see molecules normally. You have to look through a microscope. I don't see skin pores on most people's faces until I zoom up close.

[NostalgiaSenpi]

Yeah.