Ben+L’s+OpEd+Article



Whether my assumption is right or wrong, founded or ignorant, I dislike people who I perceive to be “fake” or unsubstantive. By that I mean the people who put up the façade, who run the charade, and ultimately take advantage of an ability to be someone who they aren’t.

We all have our flaws, but when, particularly the people who place themselves on an ego-comfy pedestal, run around practically campaigning for adoration or pity or affection, my annoyance quickly cements itself as loathing. There are undertones of not just elitism, but the idea that they are the ones who are closest to being “perfect” and that they, above all others, deserve this attention.

I could drag on but I’d rather not; the bottom line is that these people become someone who they are not in order to get something that they want, and I hate that.