For PZ

I'm about to clear the air... I'm a 20 year old black man from Detroit. Your age does not give you the right to feel that you are more wise, mature, experienced, or intelligent than me. You are NOT always right in every situation, you are not my superior, you haven't been through everything that Ive been through and you haven't seen and done everything that I have. We have had totally different upbringings, my life is completely different than yours, your sex is not automatically better than mine, and to be honest I am more than likely more knowledgeable, conscious, and mature than you and a lot of people you know are. Just keeping it real. Don't underestimate or disrespect me. Respect me because I earn it, everyday I walk this earth, changing and fixing what you and the people of your day messed up.

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    Martez Hogan: In other words, judge me by my character, not the date on my i.d.
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    Jay Davis young homie thats good shyt right there... chronological age hasn shyt to do with maturity.. its a state of mind... KEEP DOING YOU BRO ..
    
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    Latichia Williams Very well put...I have run across some very intelligent and mature young men. Just keep doing u
    
    
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    Bro Remy: Martez, what you just said is not new. The younger crowd has always felt the way you do. Only time will tell if you repeat those same words when you are 30yrs old. Or say, I don't believe I said that.
    
    
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    Michelle Woods Jones: I am from the south and down here yes my age does give me that right. With that being said, I judge by actions not age, but you my sweet young underaged child need to respect your elders! Good luck with that very small frame of mind of yours!
    
    
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  • Martez Hogan: So Michelle Woods Jones is that a fact or an opinion? With that being asked, does me stating true facts and expressing myself disrespect you in any way? If so how? Also, what about this post makes my mind frame small?
    
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    Author Tiffanie Minnis: Says who? If you THINK you got it in the bag, keep living! *in my elderly voice*
    
    
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    Martez Hogan: I never said I have anything in the bag Ms. Author Tiffanie Minnis, I am well aware that life isn't easy, but my position in life cannot be based off of the many ambiguous "opinions" that people use to try to define it. Intelligence has no set age range. If a man in his 20's goes to college, tries with all of his might and fails, but an 11 year old prodigy graduates college in 2 years, does that make the 11 year old smarter? Not at all, he was just more knowledgeable and well equipped than the 20 year old.
    
    
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    Martez Hogan
    Another example, is how a person in L.A., with rich parents, live off of their parents for the whole 30 years of their life, with their parents being their only income, never worked a day in their life, yet go up to an working 18 year old t.
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    Author Tiffanie Minnis: You didnt have to say it blatantly, the break down of your post did that... The college comparison was not a good one. If the 11 y/o IQ is higher than yours, thats one thing you cant compete with. But being 20 and failing without obtaining at least an Associates just means you didnt try hard enough.... Now, being mature and intelligent is not about announcing it to a world of ppl who really doesnt care, its about BEING it through your actions! #lessonnumber1
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    Martez Hogan: Im asserting my position in a situation where verbalizing my views is the only action that I can take. I.Q. is not an accurate way of measuring someone's intelligence and it never has been. I said in my comparison that the 20 year old tried their hardest, so trying hard enough was never the issue, the 11 y/o was just more knowledgeable about his classes than the 20 year old.
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    Michelle Woods Jones: My statement was my opinion just like your statement was your opinion not fact! I am in no way offended by your words as you will learn comes with age and experience. You are still young and if you feel that your life in any way is harder or different than anyone else on here than yes you do have a small mind because you are making ASSUMPTIONS about something you have no IDEA what you are talking about. THAT knowledge comes with age as well.
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    Kenya Ervin: Martez, I completely understand and respect your comment. I'm 32 now but I will never forget when I was 25 I was denied entry into a club because I wasn't old enough..nevermind the fact that I was a homeowner, had a son, and worked for a major health insurer, and had been on my own since 17. I probably would've been the most stable person in there! lol Keep doing you. I am very impressed by what I have seen so far.
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    Martez Hogan: ‎Michelle Woods Jones please name one thing about my post that was an opinion and not a fact. My intention was not to offend anyone so if you WERE to become offended that would come as a big surprise to me. I made this post specifically to express myself and was not aimed toward anyone specific, one tactic I learned from "experience" not age. I never claimed that my life was harder than anyone's life, but different, very. I also never made any assumptions on anyone else's life, my post was about me, I don't speak on anyone else, especially someone that I don't know, something that i've also learned not to do from EXPERIENCE not age. My "small mindedness" is also your OPINION, and I will have to respectfully disagree. I could take that as disrespect, but in my "experiences" Ive learned to shrug the naysayers opinions of my character. Why would I get angry over something that isn't true. that would be very immature and inexperienced of me...
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