timf wrote:
Most people like to feel that they are the best. They resent others who are richer, smarter, taller, or more attractive. This is why politicians pretend to be interested in what people think, it gives people the pleasant illusion that someone values their opinion.
Interesting idea. I've been thinking lately that people with low self esteem like to pull others down when they feel intimidated. I can see a pattern, but didn't understand why they did it. I hadn't thought of it in the context of them trying to gain superiority. That makes sense. Like one will point out when I use a word she doesn't understand and ridicule me.
I have the problem of coming from a relatively posh family and the way I talk seems to intimidate people. I'm like the female version of Niles Crane. I hate it when people point out my accent is different to theirs. I've had that my whole life. It makes people think that I think I'm better than them and that I'm more intelligent than them, but I don't feel like that. I can't help the way I talk. It shouldn't matter. It hurts when people point it out and try and pull me down because of it.