does it really take one to know one?

Question

what is an example of something where it doesn't take one to know one?

Answer 1

I ain't skinny but I know one when I seen one!

Answer 2

Here is some info so I would say no

It Takes One to Know One--Or Does It?
by Michael J. Hurd (September 20, 2004)

Q: What do you think of the old saying, "It takes one to know one"?

A: It's a package deal. By package deal I mean the lumping of a true concept with a false one. The evil of a package deal is that the truthful part of the statement motivates one to accept the full statement, which is false.

The true part of the statement: People who possess a certain quality -- especially a really bad one, such as deceitfulness -- are quick to see this quality in others. Psychologists sometimes call this projection. I'm not much for conventional psychology, but I must say that I see evidence of projection all the time. Husbands cheating on their wives are quick to see deceit in their wives' behaviors, even if the wife's behavior is nothing more than arriving home 15 minutes late from the grocery store. People guilty of a certain action often accuse another of that very same action; it seems to calm their guilt and help them pretend that they're innocent.

The false part of the statement: Just because you recognize a quality in someone doesn't mean you possess it. The most honest person in the world is capable of recognizing deceit in another, because lying is self-evidently what it is. If you catch me in a lie and then I say to you, "It takes one to know one," you would rightly dismiss my claim as arbitrary and ridiculous. This old saying can serve to undercut confidence in one's capacity for making honest, objective moral judgments. Because such judgments are a necessary and crucial part of life, I completely reject it.

So the old saying, "It takes one to know one" is half true, half false--putting it into the category of a vicious falsehood, a package deal worse than a garden variety falsehood. Half a truth is actually worse than no truth at all

Answer 3

i guess the only time is when you are new to something, for example someone tells you they are a cosmonaut, you have to find out what that is, then you might know what it takes one to be one, but people mean just the little things such as a dork, an idiot, a moron, a pig, a clutz, etc etc. which we have all been at one time in our life. so theyre telling you this has happened to you to at some point too.

Answer 4

It doesn't take one to know one. For example people with the power of empathy can feel or sense what others feel by putting themselves in their place. This way they can really know one without being one.

Answer 5

I can spot a cripple from a wal-mart isle away in a cocaine heartbeat. I am a perfect physical specimen.

Answer 6

It takes knowing one to know one! At least....

Answer 7

I think for it to be okay to judge someone, that applies. Like you can't talk about someone unless you've been there? But does that make sense?

Heck I don't know!

Answer 8

ahh the lamest comeback there is.no it doesnt take one to know one.im sure you know your teachers but your not a teacher.you know you preist,rabbi,ect.ect. but your not a religous leader!and you most definatly know some bitchy abnoxious person and you might not be......(i wouldnt know i'v never met you)
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Answer 9

i think in some situations it does, like in order to know how someone is feeling it definately does..a situation that you doesnt take one to kno one is i hav no idea

Answer 10

i know a lot of a**holes, but i dont think i'm one, so i guess that's an example