Arrogant, especially intellectual arrogance. A case in point would be the discussion that my fiancee and I had over the movie Paris, Je t'aime. She really did not like it because she could not see the point of the film and thought that it was a waste of time. I responded that it was about the different types of love that people experience and what could be a better setting than Paris, "The City of Love and Light," to see such scenarios in action?
Well, she said that she understood my point, but she wanted a concrete ending in which all of the different short stories were tied together. I countered by saying that I've learned to take artsy, European films on their outer merits and try not to get too analytical about them because one will be driven crazy trying to figure out their esoteric meanings. To make a long story short, she said I was talking down to her, being very intellectually arrogant, and making her feel stupid for the latter comment.
WTF???? How is that being intellectually arrogant?
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"I love those who yearn for the impossible":Goethe.
"For nonconformity the world whips you with its displeasure": Emerson.