Jackass

You, maybe.  Hopefully not.

You are a jackass.

I don't mean that as a personal insult or an attack. I mean that as an observation, a window into a perception. You are obnoxious and holier-than-thou and loud and uncouth, and you insult people and call them names and laugh at their misfortune. See?  You behave in typical jackassery, therefore: you are a jackass.

This position you have taken (that of "jackass") robs you of almost all of your credibility and ability to be reasoned with or argued with or agreed with. It doesn't matter if I share your opinion or if I don't; either way I don't care to be associated with you or interact with you because you're a jackass.

Most people spend most of their lives carefully avoiding significant interaction with those whom they perceive to be jackasses, whether it be at work or school, or during recreational activities or in their private lives. So why would anyone ever bother with the jackass? Sometimes people feel the right level of intervention can cure jackassery. Sadly, this is hardly ever the case, as continued exposure to logic, reason, and sound debate results in the jackassness of the typical jackass to increase, to soar through the roof.

Or again, maybe this is just a matter of perception.  But in the judgment of who is and who is not a jackass, does anything but perception matter?  Yes, of course!  What matters most is the choice one makes, to be or not to be a jackass.  So, don't be one.  Jackass.