Is it Naive to have Hope?

While i don't like making multiple topics on the same day...this i need to get off my chest. A couple of days prior to this, I was part of a certain group...most of them had vastly different mindsets from my own but I tolerated them all the same. Then comes in one certain asshole,comes on in causes my bottled up frustration to rise to the surface and I was forced to leave. I rather not go into details, as most of what happened involved misanthropic tendencies, and an overall hatred for everything around him and it became apparent they all shared this to some degree. Normally I would just dismiss this as a learning experience and hope i never run into people like that again at least for some time....but there was one thing this person said in particular that I simply can not let go, and is arguably the stupidest thing I have ever heard in my life. He said and I quote that I was "An Naive ignorant idiot and that I needed to grow up and see the world for what it really is" and Why did he tell me this? Because I said that the world wasn't as bad as he was trying to say it was, that they world wasn't shit, and that there was always hope and happiness. Now I know things aren't that simple and won't go the way you think it will, but living such an angry existence what kind of life is that? Are you THAT afraid of being disappointing? Am I an idealist?....maybe. Personally I consider myself an optimistic realist. I'm no fool, I know that some people don't have it easy...but I also feel that things will always work out for the better, so long as you never stop moving forward. Because you will always find someone willing to help, if your willing to help yourself rather than blame those around you. You could even call me childish to a degree, but if growing up means that I have give up what makes me human, if I have to become embittered, angry and hateful of the people around me...then I will gladly remain a child and never grow up. Am I wrong for thinking things are better than some claim to? Or that things will work out for the better? I don't think so. But sometimes it does feel like your alone, when so many people seem to enjoy looking at the bad over the good. There were so many things I wanted to say but didn't get the chance to. Things I should have said, but couldn't find the words for. Whew...been a while since someone got me that mad. I guess it really comes down to one question....am I wrong or stupid, for hoping and believing for the better?

It is probably their character. I am very similar in some respects that the world is not all sunshine and rainbows. There is a lot of s**t out there. That being said you should always try to find your own happiness. As for hope I feel that too many people "hope" for change but never take the action. I wouldn't say your view is childish as you hit the nail on the head when you said "things will always work out for the better, so long as you never stop moving forward." The key point is always moving forward.

Yo. First of all...*pats your back* You're pretty brave to tell how you feel openly and said that to those kind of people even if, i believe, you knew that they are those "baka" who are effin pessimistic about life because certain sheetz happen in their lives. What you said was right. You are not an idealist. Actually ...just forgive them. They are blinded by their hatred with the world to even make sense of what you are trying to say.

It's pretty much just my nature, I'm blunt, straightforward, honest and like to keep it simple. But I'm never malicious about it unless you push me. I know I don't have much of a filter and that's something I gotta work on, But Last I checked, being Blunt doesn't Equal attacking someone which apparently they thought I did. Then again, I suppose nothing hurts more than the truth. I've already put them behind me, I just wanna know I'm not alone in my mindset.

Not an idealist per se but your comments are demonstrative of idealistic ideals. Your pal is just a party pooper. As for your actual question, no, you are not stupid. I don't know if it's objectively smart or stupid, but I am of the mindset that believes in positive thinking, or at least I am as of late. Don't listen to fools who criticize your viewpoints.

See people has oaks, pessimist people are oak who bent/broke under the storms and optimist poeple are the oak who remained on their feet and refused to bend, it's a good thing to be optimist but there's a line between naive and optimist, for the guy he was probably just envious of it not everyone can be optimistic and some people envy it

Just worry about the things you can control and keep working towards bettering yourself and others around you. Cynical assholes aside, if you feel you're spending too much time around toxic people like the person you described, I'd do my best to spend less time around them unless you absolutely have to like in a work or school situation. Friends of friends can be fine, but sometimes, you just don't want to be around them if you don't get along or don't really like their personalities. Believe me, there are times I will usually avoid certain social situations just because a few people I'm not particularly fond of might be there.

i believe in a happy world when im drinking or dreaming, but those can be unhappy real quick. unicorns are kixk ass too