I have seen parents scolding their children stupid in public! I have seen superiors calling their workers stupid. I have heard and read about people calling other people stupid. When you call a person "stupid", it is a serious insulting remarks. The victims are likely to feel hurt, unhappy, angry, sad, etc. Even if the victims did not openly react negatively to you, you lose their respect regardless of whether you are the parents, bosses, head of state, ministers, etc. The extreme may happen especially when it involves racism.
Last Friday, thousands of workers at a shipyard in Indonesia torched more than 20 cars as part of a violent protest against a foreign manager who allegedly insulted local workers. It was reported that the workers were angry because they were repeatedly called "stupid" by an Indian manager.
Two weeks ago, a malay auntie M (in her forty) accidentally stepped on a chinese auntie C (in her fifty) in a bakery shop at Ang Mo Kio Central. M said "sorry" to C. C angrily called M "stupid". M was unhappy and raised her voice "I already said sorry to you, why do you have to call me stupid?!" C started the fight and she grabbed a chair nearby and hit hard on M. C even asked the bakery shop assistant whether they have a knief. M called 2 of her friends and 3 of them attacked C . Police was called in to resolve the dispute.
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