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[–]fvdcsxaz 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

These people talking about how they're proud to be who they are need to accomplish something in life.

I'm not proud to be white, straight, or male. These are intrinsic characteristics that might shape who I evolve to be to some extent but are not things worthy of pride or shame.

I'm proud that I went through school, found a career I was good at, and got a job making good money. I'm proud that I was able to buy my first house not long ago. I'm proud that I went from a kid who did nothing but sit on his computer to an adult who's run marathons and triathlons (and I still sit on my computer a lot). These are things I worked at and accomplished, not something I was just born with. These are things worthy of pride.

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

One thing people overlook is that pride in one's intelligence is no different from being proud to be tall or being proud of having a giant penis. It's an inborn characteristic. A smart person is not somehow more virtuous than a stupid one, and complaining about or mocking stupid people is no different, ethically, from doing those things to short people or Albanians or whatever. Nobody chooses to be stupid.