Finding and tolerating flaws in others

I too can be good at finding flaws in others, and can also (sometimes) have difficulty tolerating those flaws.

The question is... Are those flaws actually flaws, or just things that irritate me and no big deal in the grand scheme of things?  

I can be very dismissive of people I don't like.

I find this is something I can be especially guilty of if I happen to be listening to politicians I don't like on TV. It's as though I have already dismissed them and what they are going to say before they have said it.

However, in my daily life, I try hard not to be dismissive of people too hastily. Sometimes it has paid off and I have been pleasantly surprised... That those people aren't as bad as I may have initially thought, and are actually very nice people.

I find this is something I can be especially guilty of if I happen to be listening to politicians I don't like on TV. It's as though I have already dismissed them and what they are going to say before they have said it.

However, in my daily life, I try hard not to be dismissive of people too hastily. Sometimes it has paid off and I have been pleasantly surprised... That those people aren't as bad as I may have initially thought, and are actually very nice people.

That is true enough. However, we do not get to choose (for example) the politicians that might form part of The Cabinet. We may despise the party they represent, but think another politician within that party would be better suited to a particular Cabinet role.

Who votes for those politicians? The voter.