Let me try this again, slowly. What motivates some people to criticize and put others down? We now agreed that i excluded those who criticize others for constructive purposes and thus i am talking about those who criticize others and put them down for other reasons. Each person wants to feel successful or worthy in a way or another, that's a part of human nature. Some people do that by striving for success while some people do it by standing still and putting others down!! In the Solid Self confidence program i said that some people criticize others and put them down just to feel worthy and successful. According to the person's point of view, if i put everyone down then i will be the only one remaining who is worthy. This usually happens out of a jealousy and inferiority feelings. It happened to me more than once that friends who were not close to me tried to put me or down or to prove to me that i achieved no success in life. Of course they never do it directly but you can easily guess it from the questions they ask you.
I'm rubber and you're glue? Is that your retort. As I keep saying, try harder in life, you can be better than that.
mrbill just cracks me up. He has this 'Holier than thou' attitude and constantly insults people then pretends to wonder why others sometimes do that. He should keep a mirror by his computer so he can see who is hurling the real indignation.
Not even close. No holier than thou here. Won't see me putting down an entire race of people to try to make myself look better. I am 100% comfortable with who I am, and my station in life. I actually enjoy the things I do, nothing to compensate for. You may disagree with what I say, but go ahead and say it. Just try to do it without the grade school behavior. That's all I ask.
OK, sounds good to me. That's all I ever seek from fun discussion boards, not to get into a playground fight or anything. Civil, adult conversations are what I enjoy. And, yes, I know that am sometimes guilty of lowering my own standards, and I apologize for that.