Have you ever met any arrogant aspies?

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This is true. If I met an arrogant person who had no achievements to speak of or no reason to think they were better than anyone else I'd just think they were crazy.

IME many arrogant people are high achievers. This does not make their arrogance any less annoying, mind you, but we do need people in society who are so convinced of their own ability (combined with natural talent) that they will carry on with their own will and easily dismiss the concerns of others.

I can see that being an evolutionary advantage.

Are you saying my interpretation of what you said is incorrect? What is nonsense?

I have found that, in many cases, that the aspie need for a conversation to be accurate, we can be overbearing... And since we are insisting on a specific set of facts, it is misinterpreted.

Often, NTs feel that the aspie is saying "I am right, you are wrong." While there is some credence to that, they do not realize that it's a case of "That FACT is wrong, and THIS fact is right." and that it doesn't matter that we don't care who is right as long as the facts are correct. (I speak for the aspies I know and myself here)... They interpret it as arrogant...

Ironically enough... being too quiet makes them think you are arrogant as well...

I don't get it.

My dad is off the charts Aspie and doesn't know it. He's the most arrogant creature in the world.

Me. Just kidding. I don't think I'm actually Asperger's, though I do consider myself on the autistic spectrum now that I've learned enough, but only on the border. I can be an arrogant jerk, though, but try not to be. I've always known that I'm intelligent and talented, and I generally have a higher I.Q. and more formal education than most people around me (except when I'm around professors or geniuses), and yet, I've always been talked down to and treated like I'm stupid, so I developed a giant self-image as a defense mechanism.

I have this experience with many people. Sometimes I'll just tone myself down if I actually want to get along with someone and really like them. I won't correct them or obsess about facts.

But in casual interaction my conversations are based mostly on facts and people do interpret those facts as YOUR views, whether they agree or disagree.

Very interesting because it shows yo the way most people think. Let's say I state a fact that is pleasing to liberals (OR republicans, I'm not trying to send a cryptic message about liberals here) and makes them look good. They in turn like ME for that and interpret it as my view.

If I, as the exact same person with same personality, had instead stated a fact that made them look bad, they would most likely dislike me based on what I had said alone and ignore all other aspects of my personality (which shows you that they never really liked me in the first place, they just liked me because I shared the "right" view).

So you can see that most people will ignore facts in favor of staying loyal to whichever group they identify with and that they perceive other people as thinking the same way, having "views" based on things other than facts or observations.

I agree whole heartedly... It is not about truth... it never is.

Confession is good for the soul. I can be arrogant, no very arrogant when talking in an area that I am familiar with, especially when speaking with some cognitively challenged NT.

My ex-boyfriend's brother was a little bit arrogant but he wasn't too bad. I know he didn't mean it, he was a very nice person. I've bumped into the odd person on this site who sometimes come off as a bit arrogant, not too many mind you because most people on this site are incredibly nice but I try not to let it get to me because I know people with Asperger's Syndrome usually don't mean it. I think there's a level as well, some people have Asperger's milder than others. People have different symptoms and quirks as well.

Personally, I think I can come off as arrogant some times but I try not to be.

I'm thinking of starting a 12 step recovery program for arrogance...

'I came to realise that I was hopelessly arrogant, and sought help from a higher power'

'I made amends to all those i had been arrogant to'...........

hi my name is Surfman and I am an arrogant aspie

Was it in the Netherlands between 2004 and 2009? Might have been me - I was known and somewhat notorious for being, as the Dutch call it, onhandelbaar.

As for my daily moment of being serious: I've met plenty of people who came across as being arrogant, but I usually managed to have the upper hand.
Usually, when they make a remark apparently making them superior or making fun of me, I have frighteningly accurate and proper responses ready to make them look silly instead.

I think arrogance sucks. The post prior to this one sums it up very well.