on labels...

Because it's currently almost 4 in the morning, and because my brain isn't functioning enough to create a fully sound argument, this will be a short post. I just need to get this idea out of my brain:
Why are we as a people so obsessed with labeling everything we see? It's simply never enough to just have something or to be something or to know something. We must categorize, create a hierarchy, divide, point out nuances, label label label until our little label makers are broken and screaming, "NO MORE!"
For example: In today's world, it's not enough to just be "a Christian." No no, my Jesus-loving friends, you must be more than that! Are you a Methodist? a Presbyterian? an Episcopalian? a Lutheran (and if so, which synod?) or are you, heaven-forbid, a Catholic? because Catholics are different, you know, they aren't exactly "Christian." It's ridiculous to the point of actually being divisive. We spend so much time labeling and dividing that we end up creating factions that ultimately tear apart the very thing which we originally sought to be a part of.
In politics, you aren't an active member until you've chosen a Party. Why? Why must I associate myself with one narrow-minded group that really only functions to yell across the aisle? I don't want to be a Democrat or a Republican or a Libertarian or anything of the sort. I'd like to just be an American, please.
In a nutshell.
We like what we like, we love who we love, we are who we are.
Label that.