Arrogance

[Bijo]

It is possible confidence is sometimes confused with arrogance.

It seems often it's about attitude and social activities, and sometimes when people are told something they don't like (but it is undeniably true), they quickly resort to calling the person or persons arrogant as it gives them a feeling of safety or comfort (or even superiority(!!!)).

Some people also use it for power and control over others: to accuse one of arrogance is an easy dirty way to attempt to control a person or an activity between the accuser and the person or another and the person, as it as -- after all -- an attack on the man.

There are also people who are consciously/unconsciously "not being arrogant" because they fear to be perceived as arrogant or possibly it is a lack of self-confidence or required ability that makes people take things easy to protect themselves from certain shame or something -- to secure their feeling of comfort.

You could very well turn things around and state that being humble -- the opposite of arrogant -- COULD be a way of masking weakness, inability, one's own nature, etc., and to very well have your selfish agenda or character.

There are people who question the ones they perceive as "arrogant", but there are also people who question the ones who are "humble": both sides have probability for the same purposes in the end; they just seem to be different tools.

I question any man and any woman. I question any human regardless of what they might appear like.

[Viking]

Arrogance = ignorance, EOD.

[mrdun]

Arrogance, tricky one. A person (goes without saying, teenager) in my 6th form could be classed as arrogant. generally it is some sort of a swagger and a tendency to a) always be right b) voice oppinions regardless of context/company and c) tilt head back, 45 degree angle and omitt loud choruses of "Ye Ye Ye" whilst vigourously nodding.

I wage war on you Doc_Bean, first you beat me at snake then you hurl a barrage of abuse at teens. I'm sure we outnumber you 'oldies'!!