Why are some people mean?

In my opinion what drives most people to being mean and spiteful is they believe that they are not getting ahead as fast as they believe they should be, or they are not as popular as they want to be. They have this mindset of 'I have to be the best', and will try to destroy anyone who threatens that belief system.

I do not know why some people are mean, but they are. I think some people get a kick out of hurting others, I too have come across many people who have abused my trust and my genuine friendship and have hurt me deeply and this has made me withdraw away from people and become disinterested in mixing with them. I do not know what they gain out of being this way, but funnily enough people like that always seem to have hundreds of friends who do not seem to see what they are really like.

We cant deny there are people like that. Maybe due to environment, thier friend's influence or we just dont know also how they were raised by their parents! Just be selective in your friends and dont trust easily!

Many people really don't realize what true love is. All they know is loving in ways of the world but that is also the way of selfishness. Usually we only love those who love us and we are only good with those who are good to us. Some people are mean because they don't know love the way God taught love. Instead of love, they prioritize their own haughtiness and regard others less. I know you have been victims of these mean people and it's time for you to be wary of the friends to go with. First off, you have to find God fearing people to join your friendship circle. They won't be mean.

In my opinion, one's behavior and attitude are by products of a lot of factors. One of these is his environment. If one was raised in an environment where people says harsh words against each other and rage is always present, a big possibility that the said person will grow up with hatred and a mean person. His being mean is such a reflection of his environment and his past.

Those people are just unfortunate about their life or environment or how their parents raised them. Yah, we are living in the same world but we take different roads and some of us just got lost. They just need to learn and change. All of us have bad and good sides.

I think people are not mean by definition, they become mean as a result of something - of them being mistreated or forgotten about, or of any other kind of suffering of theirs. People are mean because they have a problem of some sort which they need to solve. We all have mean moments, you know.