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Originally posted by sugar and spice
This does its part to eradicate one Greek stereotype -- that of the stuck-up Greek -- but only furthers another -- that of the fake Greek. People can tell when you're playing fake nicey-nice and they look down on that just as much as they look down on the bratty ones.
Well I didn't mean to be fake; I meant being GENUINELY nice.
Not to mention the fact that most anti-Greeks formed their opinion years ago, have spent years perpetuating that belief and it takes more than a chance encounter with a nice one to change their minds. I can't even count the number of times people have said this (or variations) to me: "Yeah, but you're not like the rest of them -- you're a NICE sorority girl!"
Yeah, I get that too. Well my whole sorority does. Oh well.
I'm definitely not saying don't bother being nice, because obviously every little bit helps. But as I said before, the only way you're really going to change an anti-Greek's mind is by becoming friends with them and showing them what Greeks are really like, and as superheroic as we Greeks sometimes are, we can't become friends with everybody. And honestly, I don't know if I would want to be friends with a lot of the anti-Greeks I meet, whose opinions seem to be based mostly on either arrogance or stupidity. I can deal with those whose opinions are based on naivete, but stupidity and especially arrogance are another story entirely.
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I understand what you're saying. But I never said you had to be FRIENDS with everyone; just to be nice to everyone.
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