A kind person is kind all the time to everyone. If a kind person is having a rough time and rarely shows rudeness they will feel bad, admit it and convey that to the person they were unkind to.
Unkind people make excuses for their rudeness and blame the one they treated disrespectfully as though they had a good reason.
Proverbs 9:7-8 "…6Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.” 7He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself. 8 Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
Matthew 7:6 "Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces."
It is possible to discern a rude person from a kind person by which trait dominates their life.
It is better to avoid a consistently rude person who mocks the ways of God by their attitude. It is not possible to reason with those who have no conscience about harming others to elevate themselves.
Arrogant, rude people cannot tolerate a correction, even in the mildest terms. They will accuse the one who corrects them of saying it the wrong way or having unkind motives.
A wise person who is corrected considers what is said and discusses it to reach an understanding. This person will grow in character, but the arrogant one cannot grow, remaining ignorant and snarky into old age.
Matthew 15:14 "Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
Luke 10:10-11 "But if you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go into the streets and declare, ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’"
2 Peter 2:12 "These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed."
We have to remember that those who live in a state of selfishness and rudeness toward those they do not respect do not understand the ways of God because Christ does not live in them.
1 Corinthians 2:14 "The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned."
May we become equipped to deal with these people in a godly manner when we have to encounter them. Let us not become like them by becoming like them. "Answer not a fool according to his folly", resist responding or explaining yourself to anyone who is fighting to win.
