Why does it have to be looked at as "boosting egos" though? I don't understand that.
If I come up to you on the street and say "Peace to you and be blessed, brother!"..how would that make you feel? It probably would make you feel good that someone you don't know was willing to bless you with a word towards your LIFE, especially a black man. A bit of motivation to get through your day, to let you know that even when your eyes greeted the morning and NO ONE ELSE gave a fukk about you, that you had someone say in essence, "I love you, my brother, be blessed.". You'd find a problem with that?
Women are different, yes but look at all the propaganda that is pointed towards our sisters repeatedly as it has been for CENTURIES. You have women walking around here with cold hearts and minds, frozen solid. It's not about if she has a better job than you or if she's too pretty that you think she's gassed up..I've worked with many women who were gorgeous who were depressed and some who even committed suicide cause of their demons. If I could tell a woman who was struggling inwardly with some type of issue, insecurity or who was just down and out that "She is beautiful" REGARDLESS of how she looked, I'd do it every time but I don't know so I'll do it anyway because we don't know how POWERFUL the words we SPEAK really are and how we can change someone's mentality quickly. I'm really ashamed of some the dudes on here, really am.