What do you think of this text, which denounces social hypocrisy?

[Julie07]

" No, I cannot bear that cowardly fashion
Affecting most of your well-bred companions;
And nothing I hate more than the contortions
Of those great masters of declarations,
Those affable givers of hollow embraces,
Those courteous speakers of useless phrases,
Who fight with civility on every side,
And treat the fool and honest man alike.
What good is it when a man flatters you,
Professes friendship, faith, zeal, and virtue,
And then runs off to lavish the same
Upon the first scoundrel he happens to name?
No, no soul rightly formed could care
For an esteem so cheaply shared;
The proudest favor is little esteemed
When we see it spread across all that’s seen.
True regard must rest on preference,
And to esteem all is to esteem none in essence.
Since you take part in these modern vices,
By God, you're not someone I’d keep as mine.
I scorn that broad, indulgent affection
That makes no distinction of worth or intention.
I wish to be singled out—and to be brief,
A friend to all mankind is no friend of mine. "

Molière

[OneViewpoint]

Yet again I find myself on the same page as Molière.

I just went through this with a "nice guy" I know the past 2 weeks. We are from different universes. To set the stage, I'm really difficult to get to know. I realize that. But I have standards for myself and boundaries for others that I will not compromise. Period. I honestly don't need people to like me.

This guy is the husband of one of the married women in a group that insists on hanging out with me whenever we end up in the same place. Whether I want them to or not, LOL. But they're harmless and nice. He is extremely insecure and the only husband to always show up with the group of girls. He hovers over her. He smothers her. She hates it. She is also super hot. And she did something in public re: me about a year ago that really unnerved her nice guy husband. I won't go into it but she humiliated him. Zero respect.

Anyway because of that incident, he's been hovering even more and behaves like a cat on a hot tin roof whenever she's in the same room with me even though I go out of my way to hold them at a distance. But like I said, he's a "nice guy" who needs people to like him. He's incredibly, over the top nice to me to my face. But I know he hates my guts even though he won't say it.

So a couple of weeks ago this tall woman we didn't know was out solo and looking for a seat at the bar. He leads her over in typical nice guy fashion and introduces her to the group of guys I was with. I was the last intro. He says, "and this is "Dave". Dave is the boss. Here sit next to Dave." Crap, he knows I don't generally chat up random women. What he didn't say was please sit here so my wife can't come over and hang out with him, LOL. So now the two of us are stuck awkwardly trying to be cordial. First thing I said to her was... "Ignore that guy, he's an idiot. I'm the boss of myself and no one else." She laughed. She's a pro beach volleyball player from Brazil. Nice lady. Still I don't like being put in that situation. I'll do my own choosing thank you. And there's a 75% chance any intro like that does not work out. Not the way I want to spend my Friday night.

So I told this guy later on that I'll break every finger on both his hands if he ever does that again. Yes really. He's brainless. It's the only way to get through to him. Bullshit just comes out of his mouth to get people to like him. He starts telling everyone not to talk to me. Tells everyone I'm a bad person. He's done with me. LOL, OK. Thank you.

Then this past Friday night his wife arrived first and came straight over to me. First words out of my mouth were, "Hey you better get out of here, you're not allowed to talk to me any more". She's like, what? I said yeah your husband is pissed at me, told everyone he's done with me. You better not hang around me any more. Her response... "Oh fuck him, he's an idiot". He shows up 15 min later and yells from about 15 feet away "Hi Dave". I looked at him, no response and just swung around with my back to him. He's gonna have to live with the decision he made. I'm not wasting my opportunity to get rid of him, LOL. He can argue that out with his wife.

So Molière is right. There should be a price to pay for social hypocrisy. For insecure people trying to tell you what they think you want to hear. For never speaking your mind. For being a little wuss hiding behind passive aggression. I won't tolerate it. His wife sees it. Everyone sees it.

[purplepoppy]

God, he's a miserable sod isn't he? Life's too short and hard to be constantly shitting on each other, reserve your bitterness for those deserving of it. No one heaps praise in equal measure nor spreads their niceties equally. But there is a baseline we afford to all and expect in return.

[Paige90]

Too long to read

[Staximus]

Sounds like he doesn't like Democrats

[beefcakebradybatson]

Who dat?