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Originally Posted by DontH8Me
For someone who cries foul and claims to have their 'feelings hurt' by the tiniest perceived slight
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I never did. I merely reminded people that intelligent people have feelings too, and asked them to treat me with civility. Some intelligent people ARE very sensitive to criticism, so when I see someone running around insulting people just because they are intelligent, I feel that it is wrong and I stand up and say something about it.
Also, I regard it as important to carry one's self with respect and to demand basic respect from others.
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Originally Posted by DontH8Me
This rambling and elaborate dig at mrstewart seems the picture of hypocrisy esp.
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That sort of zany ranting is what happens when you poke a bored genius who happens to be running on very little sleep. *Shrug* It was meant as a joke. I am not sure why it didn't make him laugh. If he was offended, this will have to be explained to me.
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Originally Posted by DontH8Me
This rambling and elaborate dig at mrstewart seems the picture of hypocrisy esp. coming from a self-proclaimed genius. Does the sword only cut one way?
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Just because I am a genius doesn't mean I am perfect or omniscient. I said genIUS not JesUS. Now, if I had said I was JESUS, it would make sense for you to be all like "OMG the Jesus made fun of someone, this is not perfect, everyone quit believing in the Jesus!"
Gifted people are more likely to reach higher levels of moral development, but not all of them do - and we certainly aren't Jesus. Some smart people are sociopaths. Some become saints. Some geniuses do make fun of people. It doesn't make them any less smart, though it is very rude.
But that is not what happened at all.
What happened is that a bored geniUS came to your forum on very little sleep, found Mr. Stewart's post to be quite inspiring, and wrote a short story intending to make people laugh.
If Mr. Stewart is offended by my story that was inspired by his very funny idea of accusative self-martyrdom, then perhaps it is because he is taking his accusative self-martyrdom too seriously. Others would have said "Imitation is the highest form of flattery."
Had I assumed that he honestly did not realize that he was sentencing HIMSELF to the "exasperation" of reading my posts, I think THAT would be TEN TIMES as insulting.
I mean, if you accused me of something you had done TO yourself, and then I was like "Whoa that's SO INCREDIBLY FUNNY LETS RUN WITH IT!"
Wouldn't you be LESS offended than if I had said something like:
"OMG you totally did that to yourself and you THINK that *I* did it, how stupid!"
I did not call him stupid. I gave him the benefit of the doubt. I said "That's SO INCREDIBLY FUNNY LETS RUN WITH IT!" It should have been a compliment!
And now he is angry.
Why is he angry about that - that he made a ridiculous accusation and I thought it was funny and ran with it?
Are you saying he seriously believes his accusation was REAL? Was he not joking? Do you believe he really SERIOUSLY believes he has no control over what topic he reads?
That IS insulting!
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Originally Posted by DontH8Me
based on things I have read in this thread I thought it best to make sure I made myself crystal clear.  |
If you won't state your reasons SPECIFICALLY, then I say it isn't true. I don't think you question my intelligence. I think you know I am smart and that is why you aren't citing any specific reasons to think I am not.
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