Quote Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube View Post
...To really be a rational thinker, you have to understand why you are having a particular emotion, and acknowledge that there are good and bad ways to express it...
That's rationalizing. And you can rationalize about pride just fine. The problem is when you're trying to rationalize about your pride WHILE you're beaming with pride. I would argue that being under influence of any emotion impairs your ability to rationalize.