Do Not Let Stupid People Silence You When You Criticize Them

Have you ever criticized someone? But then this person says to you, "If you can do it better than me, do it yourself."

That is a fair answer if we put that answer in a specific context. For instance, you ask someone for help to clean your bathroom. But this person does it differently than you do. You tell this person to do it your way. Then this person can reply to you with that statement: "If you can do it better, do it yourself." That person, in my opinion, is correct because when you ask someone for help, you should not force that person to do it your way. Every person has their own way to do things. As long as the results are the same—a clean bathroom—no need to debate.

But that sentence will not work if the one who gets criticized is a doctor or a professional or the government. Imagine yourself going to a doctor with your kid. Your kid needs surgery. You decide to trust the doctor, and sadly, the surgery fails. Your kid's condition is getting worse. You get angry and complain to the doctor, but the doctor replies, "Don't complain to me. Do you think you can do better than me?" Can you see the madness here?

You have the right to criticize or complain to professionals because those people are paid to solve your problems. You do not pay a doctor to make your kid die. You pay the doctor so that your kid will become healthy again. Additionally, if everybody needs to be a doctor to criticize a doctor, that does not make sense because you do not need to be a doctor to know that your kids are sick and you expect your kids to get better.

The same goes for the government. In a democratic country, if you criticize your president, this president should not say that the people who criticize the president must be able to replace the president and do a better job. If this president demands that, well, this president is an idiot, for sure.

People elect a president because they believe that this person can make the country better. When this person fails, the people have the right to criticize this president. They can even impeach the president if the law offers them a way to do that.

If the president does not like to be criticized, do not run for president in the first place. Do not join the election. Plus, nobody is forcing this person to run for president.

By understanding that you do not need to be better than the person you criticize, you should be confident and be brave. Do not let a stupid person make you feel powerless. The only requirement for you to criticize that person is that you believe what you say is right. As long as what you say is right, your criticism is valid.