It's unfortunate...

It's unfortunate... It's unfortunate how much people read into someone's ability to speak well. We are literally measured -our entire beings and lives- by how well we speak. We're judged and devalued, both consciously and subconsciously if our speech is not up to par. (Of course), I'm 'less intelligent', 'shy', 'not approachable', 'apathetic', the list goes on and on. I'm the guy that said we shouldn't care about others' negative opinions of us, especially if those opinions are solely based on our speech proficiency...and I stand by that. However, I'm not naive. I know that humans are social creatures. We depend on other people and their reactions towards us, even if we don't want to. It saddens me that not only do people devalue me for stuttering or even just for 'not talking much'...but it's as if it's offensive to them. What this reflects is the extrovert, talk all the time society we live in. If you don't fit into that, you're ALIENated, different, 'not us'. Call this a rant, call it whatever. I guess my question now is 'what happened to human decency?'. I get that many people don't know that we stutter (especially if we don't talk much or are covert) or that stuttering is a 'thing', but aren't I human? Even if I don't talk much or my stuttering makes you uncomfortable, why do you mistreat and ostracize me? At this point, I don't expect much from people. No point in depending on them. I understand they are naive and ignorant, but to me, that doesn't excuse their actions and apathy towards me and others.