Rabbi Aroush continues on the discussion of people putting down others. He quotes Rebbe Nachman as continuing the story of the Simple Man by having the Simple Man say to those who would ridicule him "What does it do for you to be smarter than I am."
Rabbi Aroush explains that if the whole point of putting someone down is to show that you are better than they are and you put them down to the ground to make that point, where does that leave you? Better than this person whom you have just made into a nothing?! Then you are what? A nothing+?
Besides which, he adds, what is this entire concept of being better than someone else? What criterion is being used? Each of us is exactly what God wanted us to be; we are each perfect in our own way. How can one be better than another?
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