Interview with Ez: Pet hate

What is one of your pet hates?
One of my pet hates is when people who assume the worst about others. Its even worse when I live with the kind of people who do exactly that. I just hope it hasn't rubbed off on me.

What do you mean Ez?
It happens to the kind of people who act before they think. That is, they believe that the first thing that comes into their head is right, and somehow thats the only opinion that matters. In fact, since somebody thinks slightly differently, they're automatically classified as evil, and since everyone is evil, everyone is against them.

No, its not neccesarily a pessemistic attitude, its just really... intolerant.

Why is it one of your pet hates?
I guess its because during those times, people don't take other factors into consideration. Usually the context matters. Sometimes people have bad days and they just want to yap at someone. Sometimes everything isn't really as it seems, and the person who is being judged is trying (unsuccessfully) to hide the fact. Or maybe they're even trying to protect the judger from some risk.

Perhaps its a more subtle difference between the judger and the judged. Maybe your differences should be shared. Theres that tribe from some random remote country whose members think that a photograph steals your soul. So people accomodate them, and no pictures are taken. To a more civilised context, perhaps what you think is a harsh insult is just a joke. (If you're wondering, I don't actually think you're fat.)

Essentially its because I don't know why they make judgements on something they don't understand? Its like buying a t-shirt without looking at the colour, size, or price. Maybe if you're rich, but most of us aren't. You definately wouldn't be reading this blog today if you were rich. I'd have much better things to do with my time, like ride my go-cart around.

What do you plan to do about it?
Not much. I guess thats what this blog post is for. If you go around accusing people of being intolerant, they're just going to tell you off for not understanding their point of view. Fair enough. I probably don't.