Snobbery is the pride of those who are not sure of their position
“Snobbery is the pride of those who are not sure of their position.” – Berton Braley
Do you remember back in Jr. High and High School there were those quiet types who we thought were snobbish, then at some point in time we had some conversation, maybe helped along by mind altering substances (terrible, bad, deathly, don’t do it offspring) and you found out they weren’t snobbish at all, but were terribly shy and self-conscious, insecure about how to talk to people? Well, I am not talking about those people.
I am talking about those who use that as an excuse, but who actually do think they are better than others, who do judge incessantly and negatively towards those around them. Who do feel the need to live apart from the ‘rabble’. Those people make me crazy. I know they are insecure and unsure about themselves. I know they are afraid they will be found out as ‘less than’ others, not as smart, not as funny, not as wonderful. I know they can be understood and seen as vulnerable.
But sometimes I just want to schmack them upside the head and tell them the truth. The truth is the further they remove themselves out of pride from others the less the are, not the more. The more they judge others as inferior to them the more likely they are to experience it themselves. I want to ask how they could not know that the harder they try to be ‘up’ using the snob technique the farther ‘down’ they are morally, socially and ethically.
Being ‘better’ than others by being a snob is a useless endeavor. Why not instead come down from the tightrope and say ‘Hey friends, why don’t we all be better together?’
It’s Geographic Thursday!
Those are just 8 of the 220 cities that have checked out a napkin or two this month.
Linkoping, Sweden
Pune, India
Bakoor, Philippines
West Hollywood, California
Sorocaba, Brazil
Zaragoza, Spain
Perm, Russia
Kamloops, Canada
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