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Being a gracious winner is overrated and there’s nothing wrong with being a sore loser.
As far as being a “sore” loser goes, show this writer a “good” loser, and he’ll show you a loser. There’s nothing wrong with letting a loss bug you and eat away at you, especially if it helps provide some much-needed life motivation.
(Society could stand to benefit from quite a bit more of that sort of shame and introspection, but that’s neither here nor there.)
As far as how it’s overrated to be a gracious winner … Look, sportsmanship and decorum obviously have their place in civilized society.
But there are times when tough love — or “tough grace,” if you will — isn’t just recommended, but almost necessary.
Take, for example, the biting victory speech put forth by the new Houston mayor, John Whitmire.
As reported on by the Houston Chronicle, Mayor-elect Whitmire handily beat Sheila Jackson Lee in a landslide win, 64.4 percent to 35.6 percent in a special election Saturday night, and didn’t pull punches when describing his fellow Democrat in a victory speech.
“People want to go to work for me because we respect people. We don’t bully people,” Whitmire said in a Saturday night victory speech, per the Chronicle. “My family taught me to treat people the way you want to be treated, and that works wherever you are, regardless of what community you’re visiting with.
“Treat these individuals like you want to be treated.”
Whitmire was clearly referring to an October audio leak that exposed some ugly behavior from Lee. The audio leaks revealed a voice that many think is Lee, berating staffers in a positively degrading way…
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