do you ever feel bad calling others "stupid" or "idiots" ?

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Stupid is not being slow at something or making mistakes or being ignorant about something.

Stupid is when someone repeats a mistake again and again without putting any actions in place to try and prevent it. Unless they have a special learning difficulty I think you are quite right to call their behaviour stupid, if not neceissarily them as a whole. However if they do this a lot I think it is fair to call them a generally stupid person.

What is that definition of stupidity... something like "Stupidity is repeating the same process and expecting a different outcome".

Mistakes are vital to learn but stupid people dont learn by their mistakes.

Anf yes there are idiots out there, people who park their car in a thoughtless way blocking others off. They just have not connected that they are being selfish... these folk are idiots.

We all do these things at some times but hopefuilly the more self aware learn from their mistakes, stupid idiots don`t.
I dont feel bad about calling people this , I just have to be careful as i a a teacher and must focus on the behaviour not the person as well as find a more gentle way to get them to realise their stupidity. A large number of my students are repeatedly stupid, they do this by not engaging their brains and then asking for help before they have done any thinking, This learned helplessness is rife at my school. The kids are lovely but many are unable to think for themselves and therefore i suppose are stupid..... hopefully they will learn to be more independent. and less stupid.

I am being called smart, but I feel stupid much of the time. Sometimes I take the liberty of thinking "stupid" about others, but I am no expert and I have been wrong about people.
Sometimes I have to remind myself, that if I point at someone, three fingers point back at me myself.

I don't.

"These are affirmative idiot recognition data..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYm5CH-FoLw

No

Everywhere should allow it. Not being able to call stupid people stupid is an affront to people that know what they're talking about.

But "muh feelings". Yeah, you're stupid.

In their ignorance, I'm very tempted to call them that. But in their stupidity, I end up laughing and face palming instead. And ditching either of the two, so I wouldn't have to deal with them any further.

This is why I'm bad at collaborations.

The compliments of intelligence... Is annoying.

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I don't feel bad about calling others stupid in my mind, but I sometimes feel bad about saying it out loud. It's just unnecessary - it rarely leads to anything good.

Recently I was at a museum with someone and people were crowding like crazy to take photos of a very famous artwork. They were getting in the way of people like me, who were just trying to get a good look at it. This struck me as really stupid, because you can easily find many photos of this particular artwork online and they're bound to be better than your mobile phone photos! The whole point of being there is to look at the real thing! Unfortunately, being tired and frustrated and already somewhat overwhelmed by the environment, I couldn't resist saying this the person I was with. I mean, I really put a fine point on it, like "is it just me or this totally dumb? I mean, look at them, just sheep... f*****g sheep!" It slipped my mind that he had also taken some photos and when he said "... me included" there was really no going back, so I just said "yep... you included". Luckily, he took it OK and we moved on, but I still felt stupid for saying it. Not that I think what I said was wrong, just that saying it was counter-productive.

I find that getting along with people is largely about checking myself when I'm about to say such things. Then people wonder why I never seem to have anything to say. It's been said many times on WP, but the advice to "just be yourself" really doesn't apply to aspies!

I don't usually call people stupid but I do laugh at them when they do something stupid. Laughing is better than getting angry but sometimes they ask me what i'm laughing about which can be awkward if they are sensitive and dignified.

I laugh at myself too when I do or say something stupid.

I've never felt the need to think of others as idiots. I feel like I'm a stupid idiot, not other people. I've always felt others were cleverer than me, while it takes a while for things to sink in with me, and new information leaks out of my memory.