Why is the word "cynical" given such a hard rap?

Deja Q

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Mon Jul-18-05 05:21 PM
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Why is the word "cynical" given such a hard rap?

Definition:
Given to sneering at rectitude and the conduct of life by
moral principles; believing the worst of human nature and
motives; disbelieving in the reality of any human purposes
which are not suggested or directed by self-interest or
self-indulgence; having a sneering disbelief in the
selflessness of others; as, a cynical man who scoffs at
pretensions of integrity; characterized by such opinions;
as, cynical views of human nature.

Sounds more like a realist in today's age of money-before-people.

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SoCalDem

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Mon Jul-18-05 05:24 PM
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1. A professor told me once that I always looked for the

Edited on Mon Jul-18-05 05:25 PM by SoCalDem

big black cloud lurking behind the silver lining:)

My life experience taught me to do that.. I AM a proud cynic (and a pessimist as well)

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Shoeempress

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Mon Jul-18-05 05:24 PM
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2. Got into a rare fairly deep political conversation last week with a

fellow dem. After I started telling him what I REALLY think, he called me cynical, twice! I was so complimented.

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candy

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Mon Jul-18-05 05:29 PM
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3. I've been a cynic all of my life and damned proud of it.

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sendero

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Mon Jul-18-05 05:29 PM
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4. If after 5 years of these clowns..

.... you aren't cynical, perhaps you aren't sentient either.

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Schema Thing

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Mon Jul-18-05 05:37 PM
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5. I'm thought by some to be cynical... and I hate that.

I try to be 100% skeptical and 0% cynical. The two are oft confused.

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A-Schwarzenegger

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Mon Jul-18-05 05:39 PM
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6. It's the easy way out?

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