Once again, I see that first example as lowering another's entitlement not increasing one's own. Everyone has the right to reject a sexual encounter, to say otherwise is a lowering of another's entitlement.
Being rejected does indeed feel bad, but indeed you can't force someone not to reject you. I don't think it's conceited to believe that one's words are welcome if those words are true to how the person feels. It is conceited to believe that the same words said to hundreds of different artist should be reacted upon the same way. It could just as well be ignorance and not conceit.
It's all about how both parties handle the situation more then "one side" being conceited and the other not. That's the reason these debates usually get so heated. There are conceited critics and conceited artists, just hope they never meet because that is where things get ugly.
Once again, I see that first example as lowering another's entitlement not increasing one's own. Everyone has the right to reject a sexual encounter, to say otherwise is a lowering of another's entitlement.
Being rejected does indeed feel bad, but indeed you can't force someone not to reject you. I don't think it's conceited to believe that one's words are welcome if those words are true to how the person feels. It is conceited to believe that the same words said to hundreds of different artist should be reacted upon the same way. It could just as well be ignorance and not conceit.
It's all about how both parties handle the situation more then "one side" being conceited and the other not. That's the reason these debates usually get so heated. There are conceited critics and conceited artists, just hope they never meet because that is where things get ugly.