The first thing that popped into my mind regarding Habermas' Paradigm of situational interpretive is my grandma. The reason my grandma came to mind is not because I miss seeing her everyday, its because of her views and attitude towards the homosexual community. My grandma grew up in a generation where being homosexual was frowned upon and discouraged. She views people that are homosexual as wrong and sometimes even "gross". It's impossible for me to watch Ellen Degeneres without having to listen to her make comments about how "wrong it is that such a funny woman can be so gay". Where I really could care less what her sexual orientation is. I find I don't care because I have grown up in a generation where sexual orientation is freely expressed everywhere. This is where the situational interpretive paradigm comes into play. My grandma and I have different world views on homosexuality because of our past experiences and the generation we have grown up in and this is what the situational interpretive paradigm is.
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