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This is an interesting sentence. It is accurate, but seems contradictory. People who are bad at sportsball don't deserve recognition, but people who are bad at thinking should be treated with the same respect as scholars and people with real world experience.
Of the people I know, this goes well with the self-centered worldview (e.g., things finally click once they're personally affected).
Participation trophies in sports are bad, because they're good at sports which makes them feel superior. Thinking shouldn't be competitive though, because they suck at it.
Yes. They have complained for decades that trophies shouldn't go to losers, because it breeds weakness and complacency. But they only apply that to others. It's classic projection. It goes hand in hand with the devaluation of education and expertise.
As if people are proudly displaying participation trophies rather than tossing it out in shame and getting back to training