Silver Pines, Consistent,
Some people shy away from a highly educated person. They don’t understand all the language/words of that person so they don’t engage that person.
Cruz has the equivilent of a Ph.D. and that’s what I have. I don’t mean to talk above someone’s head but it has happened. One of my very good friends (and I took care of her when she had cancer), told me one time that I was a female William Buckley because she didn’t understand anything he said, either. I tried to use simpler words with her after that.
I was in the dinner club we had in our gated community and was talking to some retired people. This was an upscale area. In the conversation, I responded to a man and he stared at me and said, “I don’t know what that means.” There was silence at the table. I said, “Oh, it just means….” The man was embarrased and I didn’t mean to do that.
Now, my Ph.D. is in counseling psychology and psychological testing. I don’t tell anyone that as sometimes people think I can read their mind. Our guy who worked the bar at that same dinner club and I were friends. One time I went to that club, and someone had told him what I did. He said to me, “I will never talk to you again.” He did think I could read his mind.
That is why I think some people would shy away from Cruz – they would be uncomfortable, not knowing what to say and afraid they wouldn’t understand what he said.
NOW, LET’S CONSIDER SILVER PINES. I have known her for a long time and I can tell you I do read her mind and know she is a mental case. I diagnosed her some time ago – she has a severe case of conservatism. She is so nuts (that is a professional term), I wished she lived close to me. I love her dearly. :o)