Contempt is the default stance of the truth-holder toward the outsider.

Evidence

For those who are spiritually less sensitive—that is, for the great majority of humankind—the most likely attitude of those who possess the truth to those who reject it is contempt. This is the normal response of the believer to the unbeliever, of the civilized to the uncivilized, of the insider to the outsider. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1026

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Daily exposure to adversarial argument can convert contempt into grudging respect. — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action , 1863; Contempt for the public cannot be voiced politely even when activists privately feel it — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics: how Americans…, 1316; Denigrating outsiders can be used to defend one’s own worldview. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 78
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Daily exposure to adversarial argument can convert contempt into grudging respect. — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action , 1863; Contempt for the public cannot be voiced politely even when activists privately feel it — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics: how Americans…, 1316; Denigrating outsiders can be used to defend one’s own worldview. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 78