most people i know consider themself so tolerant and intelligent, whereas it is questionable whether they are. for exmaple, there was this girl in my class who had all the good gardes, and had a lot of knowledge, absically she was considered smart by others and by herself as well. once we were on a bus and there was this guy with a terrible scar on his hand (scar was a symptome of a a very uncommon disease, i know that because i knwo a lot about diseases in general) and i will never forget the face she made (full of disgust and disrespect, to say the least) when she saw that scar. im not saying she was to kiss or touch thta scar. im alos not saying everybody has to know everything about diseases etc, but if a person is trully msart, tolerant and OPEN MINDED , they should then imagine how such a suck person feels when every five minutes they see sb making such a face when they see them, so a smart person should sort fo stand out from the crowd and know how to behave, at leats neutrally.
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Usually their self image is deluded because they don't want to believe they are anything less than perfect.
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People are self centered. They may be insecure of themselves so they put one down to bring them up. There is positive criticism though, which is tough to take but may be healthy.
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I don't consider myself bitter either.  I try to give honest, helpful information in my answers.  But, you must admit that there are some questions (and questioners) here that are just begging for abuse by those who answer.  Teachers have always told me there's no such thing as a 'stupid question'.  Frankly, I think they'd say otherwise if they saw some of the questions here.  Some people's self-esteem is so low that they feel a need ridicule or criticize someone else.  It gives them a feeling of empowerment.  Besides most people are just plain miserable.  If they can't be happy neither can you.
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I agree with you 100%. A lot of people are narrow minded.They are like horses with blinders on.Thats really kind of sad when you think of all the great people and experiences they are missing out on.
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Yes because you have to respect her for who she is. I did that for a friend who had diabetes and she was also shy. I still respect my friends for who their are. That is Friendship.
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Firstly congratulations on not caring what people think!\n\nAnd secondly sadly it is human nature to look down on the people we think are different or not worthy of our time and respect. It depends how people are bought up, with what values and in what environments. I was bought up in a mixed race, mixed ability school with a deaf unit attached and I feel I am a better person because of it. My parents also bought me up to value people and not their labels. Sadly dyslexia has over time gained the label of stupid just as Downs Syndrome has gained the label disease and people who have Downs are thought of are worthless as they will never achieve anything. \n\nHowever I work with a child who has Downs and he is the most amazing kid ever he's cute, intelligent and very capable of making his own decisions. Later on he will go and live semi independently which is more then most people think he and other like him can do.\n\nThe thing that bugs me most is whenever I take him out in his buggy (he is 6 yrs old) people see him and give me sympathetic looks. I want to say now he has never given me much trouble and it is his brother who gives me the most trouble trying to get his on way.\n\nAlthough there will always be people out there who look down on dyslexics remember there are always people who look at them as equals, myself being one of them. People with learning difficulties are no different to any other person and just like other people if they are willing to work hard nothing will stop them.\n\nEven when people are told about a person being dyslexic there can still be problems. My friend declared she was dyslexic but it didnt stop the bullying and although not everyone looks down on dyslexics still quite a few people do.
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I agree with you 100%. People who are "school" smart tend to base life and people by what they read in books. They're the one's who keep to themselves and never talk to anybody.\n\nPeople who use common smarts are those who have experienced life (good or bad) and base their conclusions on what they have gone through (relationships with friends, co-workers, family, lovers, etc...)
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to me i think tolerance is like manners .it shouldn`t need to be taught .If you grow up in an enviroment where every one is good mannered you will behave in the same way and it will stay with you for life  as something you do as naturally as breathing .and  it`s the same way with open mindedness and tolerance and even knowing right from wrong As much as we don`t like the idea when we are young most people at some point realise that they have turned into one or the other of their parents.
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YES !! I completely understand you . Like i'm in high school and the way some poeple treat each other just sickens me . So what , you're a little different, but when it all comes down to nothing, we're all the same without our little peppy clothes or stupid jock attitudes. Deep inside when we're not with our friends who require us to act a certain way or expect us to act or be a certain way towards others WE ARE ALL THE SAME !!We're all human who deserve to be treated with respect, integrity, loyalty ! ....humans, who deserve and want joy, interaction, friendship, love ! that's all we want , if everyone was provided with all the love and great emotions in the world that we all want, i think that WOULD  make the world more peaceful . It's about time someone realized it AND said something about it . Sheesh !!!!!! ok that's all i had to say, sorry for the lecture . ! lol
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I've been told many times that i am attractive. I am not a bad person and i don't treat people like crap i would never judge anyone like you just did in this question. yes, it is true that some may think they are to good but, not all that you would consider attractive are that way. Sometimes its the attitude that make you unattractive. Not all attractive people have it better or easier. Perfect example is a person such as yourself already judge people who you assume as attractive to be stuck-up assholes etc....Its not okay for them to judge but, its okay for you because you consider yourself less attrative? \nI get what your saying you sound just like my sister she is a wonderful person but, because she doesn't think of herself as attractive she takes it out on those she assumes is. And i think she is beautiful.
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Many of the worlds most intelligent and famous people throughout history had special needs. One example is Albert Einstein.  He was doing very poorly in school and the teachers did not like him and thought he was just a slacker. His mother had to take him out of school and decided to home school. He was a genius. \n\nMost people who are special needs eg. ADD,ADHD,DYSLEXIA, etc usually have 'above' average intelligence. The can have memory problems and seem out of it but anyone who knows them, is aware that this is not about intelligence.\n\nPeople who do not understand them tend to 'treat' them poorly and unless they get 'a lot' of strong support elsewhere they can fail at life because of their very low self esteem - but not because they are dumb. \n\nSo it is mistreatment that leaves them winding up in prisons, correction facilities etc. Many are already convinced that they are 'losers' in grade 'one.' They have been destroyed while still babes - unless there is intervention. Public abuse because of ignorance is their real downfall.  \n\nDon't listen to the comments about SPELL CHECK. Everybody makes mistakes, and your question was 'perfectly' understandable. Only a moron would have trouble understanding it. The others are just being cruel.
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they might not know they are being insensitive. girls can be hypersensitive, and boys don't understand why. maybe he's saying things that sound good in his head, but come out wrong. maybe he's doing it to look macho in front of his friends. there are a multitude of reasons. unless they are emo or gay (or dr. phil) there is no way a guy will be able to know exactly how you want him to respond to anything...therefore he doesn't respond right, and you label him as insensitve.
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I think you are pretty smart.\n\nI mean trying to find out what total strangers think of you without giving them reason to like or dislike you. \n\nAn excellent way to study human psychology and interaction.\n\nVery well thought out and executed. Keep up the good work!!
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Most people are just stupid I think. That about covers it. They like to assume stuff cuz they like to be upset. But sometimes the questions people ask in that area come really close to being disrespectfull themselves. So it's easy to see how people can get pissed off and say stuff about the asker. Some people aren't smart enough to put their answeres into words that make the asker look like the totall idiot they are, without directly insulting them. So they just insult them instead.  The mere knowledge next to idiocy exposes it for what it is, but not everyone has that.
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The 100s of people who kiss their but everyday, that surround them and keep other people away from them, They Distorts the actors/actress perspective on life.  The Majority of the world and people they (actors/Actresses interact with demand that they play a certain roll.  They do not know normal like you or I, just as a long term drug user dose not know normal life after a time.  Honesty, humility disappear if people do not see it in others that surround them.\n\nAddition to answer\nWell what kind of person would be drawn into spending their time pretending to be someone they are not?  Well someone who is miserable with who they are.  Misery loves company.  Thus "Drama Queens, Premadonnas, and Possies"
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To say someone is intelligent, sounds to be as if there is more "awe" in your description, "He/She is really intelligent." (almost as if you see yourself as less so)\n\nTo hear someone called clever, that has an amused quality to it, "That clever one fooled me once shame on them, but if they fool me twice shame on me". Not to imply a negativity, but just that cleverness seems a bit like a trick learned. Cleverness seeming to get people out of awkward situations and what not.\n\nWhere intelligence won't necessary boil down to savvy-ness. A person can be quite intelligent, and still find themselves in a pickle. Which they will resolve with careful examination and reason.\nA clever person will find themselves in a pickle, and see one of the few options out, be daring and go for it, and find themselves on the other side of the problem, having made it by the skin of their teeth.\n\nI like being considered intelligent, but I love to hear when I've been clever. Makes me think I'll live longer.
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There are many reasons why people act cruelly to others, however, the more interesting one is why more so now that before.  \n\nIt is almost impossible to accurately figure out if that statement is correct, however, due to the increase in number of school violence incidents of shootings, etc, in the past decade, it might point to a problem in society.\n\nIt is unfortunately part of human nature, until educated otherwise, to be susceptible to other-phobia.  This behavior is observed in nature.  The best description of this in literature (in my opinion) is the book, "The Painted Bird" by Jerzy Kosinski.  He points out that if you catch a swallow and paint him, then release him, he will fly back ot his flock, where the others will peck him to death or drive him out.  You see this in other parts of nature, too.\n\nKids that stand out as different either by behavior, appearance, or other traits are treated similarly in school.  With the lack of discipline that is endemic in some schools and a lack of parental involvement to discipline people who haze, harrass, and simply pick on others, you see the result, widespread bullying.  Think about it...most people are comfortable with people who have things in common with them.  When a person comes along who is different in some way, they try to drive them away.  Teenagers are especially viscious as they are not fully-formed self-confident people and worry about their image as it pertains to things that are not important. \n\nFor example, worrying about others' perceptions of you is considered normal when it comes to your work habits, public behavior, and intelligence (this is important in the real world too).  However, being worried about your "cool" factor is worthless, though natural when you have no other substance to speak of.  This contributes to people defending their boundaries by making public their opposition to "uncool kids" and strange kids.  They do this by picking on them.\n\nThe same people are often very nice to others they value, such as their friends and teachers...however, until they are educated otherwise (usually during college or in the workplace) they continue this behavior.  Sometimes they outgrow it.  \n\nalso, as self-actualized human beings we like to believe that we are special and better than at least somebody else.  We wouldn't be normal if we didn't feel this, somehow.  Even criminals snear and look down upon working people who they see as suckers and feel superior to them.  I've seen cases when 2 people look down on each other for equally ridiculous reasons.  However, an educated person who values equality and is stable and secure tries not to act critically and run a person down in public.  \n\nGossip and taking behind people's backs is also viscious but also serves as an unseen check to bad behavior, contributing to someones reputation without their involvement. In this way, the community seeks to level behavior through communication of unacceptable behavior.  The subjects of gossip often find that they aren't invited out, and are left out.  If they are introspective, they figure this out and get back to observing norms.\n\nHope this helps understand things a little.  Just a quick point of view.