The not so brief rejoinder

His words in Italics.

We get impressions of others all the time, some good some bad, but still impression changes. When we have new info or we see ppl behave in a certain manner. Judgement or conclusion is more like a verdict, it is made after long periods of observation when u know someone really well , after considering what he has said and done all this while.

OK fair enough, but going around telling people that their first impressions suck isn’t very helpful. The only time one is allowed to make reference to a negative first impression is to amplify the first person’s affinity with the other. E.g. Mumtaj: “Beatrice, I thought you were a bitch at first but boy looks can be deceiving! I fucking love you girl!”

You were telling a racist joke. So tell me , when u see a pretty girl with the most beautiful blonde hair telling a racist joke, what would ur impression be?

Hmm, I don’t know, maybe she was trying to break the ice in a controversial manner. At least I wasn’t waving around an AK 47 and saying, “Death to the infidels!” or something. You’re fucking harsh, and not in a good way. I tend to give even my worst enemies the benefit of the doubt, but that’s just me. Having a negative perspective of people initially can and will stymie your chances of finding the good in them and you might have lost a friend.

I can’t go on; the rest is just even more sanctimonious puffery. Please, just stop dehumanising my friends. Don’t see them as anything else other than people. Don’t refer to them as sinners or friends “like that”. What does “like that” mean? Scientologists?

Come back and talk to me when you’ve actually seen the real world OK? I haven’t seen it enough but that doesn’t give me the excuse to go off and say whatever I want about other people’s friends.

~ by immclovin on July 8, 2008.