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> unless you adopt my preferred method of reasoning on this tangential, hot-button topic that I haven't even given you a chance to properly discuss, you're an a

> unless you adopt my preferred method of reasoning on this tangential, hot-button topic that I haven't even given you a chance to properly discuss, you're an abusive person. You're literally putting words in my mouth there. I said that was a tactic favored among abusive people. That's not an accusation, that's an observable fact about how abusive people behave. I choose my words carefully, y'know.

pbhjpbhj 9y ago
Oh come come, we all know you intended the implication.
- CiPHPerCoder 9y ago
  "This is something that bad people do" isn't an accusation of being bad, regardless of how much it offends you. People replicate the behaviors of terrible people either by accident or by mimicry all the time. My aim is to inform, not to condemn.
  - pbhjpbhj 9y ago
    You're strictly right, of course. It amused me, which is why I parodied it in my response -- but whilst it is not a direct accusation everyone using such a turn of phrase in straight prose intends to create a loose identification between their subject and those "bad people" whilst leaving open the door to make such claims as you are now. Your objection above lacks credence.
ameister14 9y ago
You know who else does that? Abusive people. I'm not saying you're an abusive person, but that is definitely behavior shared by abusive people. It's just an observable fact. I chose these words very carefully so you know I am not accusing you of being abusive, just associating you with abusive behavior.
- CiPHPerCoder 9y ago
  > You know who else does that? Who else does what, exactly? I can't follow what "that" is supposed to refer to.
  - ameister14 9y ago
    It can be applied to any behavior. I was using it to illustrate that your previous statement was associating a person with something extremely negative and you defended it by saying something to the effect of 'I never said he was x' You kinda did, though. It's weaselly language.

pbhjpbhj 9y ago

Oh come come, we all know you intended the implication.

CiPHPerCoder 9y ago
"This is something that bad people do" isn't an accusation of being bad, regardless of how much it offends you. People replicate the behaviors of terrible people either by accident or by mimicry all the time. My aim is to inform, not to condemn.
- pbhjpbhj 9y ago
  You're strictly right, of course. It amused me, which is why I parodied it in my response -- but whilst it is not a direct accusation everyone using such a turn of phrase in straight prose intends to create a loose identification between their subject and those "bad people" whilst leaving open the door to make such claims as you are now. Your objection above lacks credence.

ameister14 9y ago

You know who else does that? Abusive people. I'm not saying you're an abusive person, but that is definitely behavior shared by abusive people. It's just an observable fact. I chose these words very carefully so you know I am not accusing you of being abusive, just associating you with abusive behavior.

CiPHPerCoder 9y ago
> You know who else does that? Who else does what, exactly? I can't follow what "that" is supposed to refer to.
- ameister14 9y ago
  It can be applied to any behavior. I was using it to illustrate that your previous statement was associating a person with something extremely negative and you defended it by saying something to the effect of 'I never said he was x' You kinda did, though. It's weaselly language.