To think of someone else as arrogant, is not to be arrogant oneself. It’s simply thinking badly of that person, like the way one would think badly of a less ethical person (who does not offer old woman his seat, who steals, etc).
I think that humility is about understanding that the way one person is, is due to the factors (parents, friends, surrounding environment, etc) that influence that person, and natural genetics that affects the way one thinks. And God is in control of most of the factors. So to think that one is better than another person when one cannot compare these factors - is arrogance. To think that we are all of equal despite the difference personalities and qualities(after all, we think, feel, and act the way we do due to the factors) - is humility.
Hence, while one thinks that a person is arrogant, think badly of the arrogant quality itself, not the worth of the person. In that sense, one shouldn’t be considered as arrogant.
(This was actually a response to someone's post about arrogance. I remember thinking a lot about this. That's why I put it up here.)
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