Fools

There are two very different types of stubbornness: “Smart” stubbornness and “stupid” stubbornness.  “Smart” stubbornness is when you are absolutely certain you are right and hence refuse to budge even one millimeter in the name of compromise and “being reasonable”.  And why should you?!  Oftentimes the truth lies in a nebulous gray area and cannot be reliably discerned, but on other occasions it is as black and white as the stripes on a zebra.  When this is the case, stick to your guns; compromising in the name of avoiding conflict and appeasing wrong, bullheaded people is definitely no virtue.  Good commendable stuff, “smart” stubbornness is.  “Stupid” stubbornness, on the other hand, is when you only THINK you are right, yet nonetheless refuse to budge even one millimeter because you are mightily concerned that you would subsequently look like a lesser person and a weakling.  But in actuality, the opposite is true.  Self-assured people can readily admit when they are wrong and usually do, whereas fools insist on projecting an image of perfection, even when it is clear to everyone around them such is only a laughable façade.