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Why? It's worth pointing out. Just because some topic is emotionally heavy, doesn't mean other aspects of it can't or shouldn't be pointed out. It bothers me wh
by natalyarostova 8y ago
Why? It's worth pointing out. Just because some topic is emotionally heavy, doesn't mean other aspects of it can't or shouldn't be pointed out. It bothers me when someone may make a noteworthy point, and then someone else tries to make some inference on how they feel in general by compliment of what they didn't reference.
- Veen 8y agoIt bothers me because of a widespread and damaging tendency to focus on second order ethical issues rather than the main point. Instead of talking about what actually happened, people talk about how what happened is presented or the precise words that are chosen, how the same thing happened elsewhere in a way that attempts to make the speaker appear a hypocrite, or the identity of the person who presented it. This happens all the time in the media and politics, and often involves deliberately uncharitable interpretations of what was said. https://unherd.com/2018/09/insincere-politicians-cheapening-public-discourse/ https://unherd.com/2018/09/insincere-politicians-cheapening-...
- arethuza 8y agoIt's a bit like "Responding to Tone": http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html