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Originally posted by Riddil
What is it in people that for some strange reason makes us instantly dislike some people? I'm sure we've all met people like this in real life and on the 'net as well...
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I had suggested one reason. Some people, more than others, associate external items, actions, or accomplishments as personal extensions of their own being. For example, if one were a graduate of an Ivy League school, and very much personally attached to that accomplishment, then anything I say demeaning of that school would be a personal insult. How some perceive themselves can become that shallow. And yet that is what their entire life has been about. You cannot change that nor expect them to change that personal bias.
Amazing how important in public life it is to 'say the right thing'. Tell a truth but don't say it properly, and others will read hidden meanings into that statement. Not just take a different perspective. They may even take personal offense in how it was said. Simply what we do as people. Too often people see into statements and actions things well beyond the originator's intent. Call it bias. Such is life.