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which brings us right back to 'egotism', an exaggerated sense of self-importance.
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So, how much of this ego-whatever is deliberate and intentional? There must be people who simply don't realize that all people don't think alike. I know many teenagers suffer from this, and some even grow out of it. But I'm not convinced that it is always an adopted mindset, although it certainly can be.
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Not all think alike, you are so correct. And there are others
who feel everyone must think the way they do. That is called
arrogance, among other things.
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Maybe "opinionated" cleaves closer to the original question. There's probably a medical term for the trait, too, when it is expressed pathologically.
As for teenagers, I think they are more attuned to and less tolerant of differences in opinion than adults. I think this sensitivity to opinion is one of the major forces that drives them (usually non-traumatically) from clique to clique. Who likes a new band? "They're my new friends, and everyone else is stupid." That is, until the next great thing comes along next week. Hypersensitivity to opinion is the opposite of not acknowledging the opinions of others.
Acknowledging the value of the opinions of others is a different story, and here I agree that some people are either raised to do so, teach themselves to do so, or are genetically predisposed to do so.
"I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous
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These types are very common. They appear in theatre all the time. Some are tragic and some comedic.
" Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion... I was once young, which was foolish of me..." Horace Vandegelder in "The Matchmaker" by Thornton Wilder
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Psst--egocentric. (I think this is right, and everybody else should, too.)
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it looks as though insanediego is one of those one and done posters, and we'll never know the verdict..
-joe (9585 and never done) friday
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And I repeat: arrogant.  You got it, dude! One-and-done: I like it! I still haven't figured out why people come on here and ask a question then never post again. Maybe they forget, or maybe just lurk at the responses...? I am still concerned about that one lady who thought actor James Cromwell was insulting people with disabilities. I PM'ed her using the info. showing he's a vegetarian and that I thought that was likely the explanation for his comment, but I've never heard back, nor has she posted. She was quite upset.
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she probably expected to get a full-blown apology from Anu, and not having gotten it is staying away out of spite.
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