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...there is nothing personal or acidic in this post?
by icelancer 8y ago
...there is nothing personal or acidic in this post?
- TulliusCicero 8y agoYou don't think > feel free to pat yourself on the back for not "falling for it" is condescending? Because to me it sounds super condescending, flippant, and dismissive.
- untog 8y agoIt's about as mildly condescending as anything can be. I'm all for civil discourse, but there comes a point where we're just sanitizing it.
- csallen 8y agoI don't think any of us would say that to a stranger in real life without expecting to cause great offense.
- jhall1468 8y agoI would, but then I'm the only one that knows the tone it was said in (at least in my head), which wasn't condescending, but more bemused sarcasm. And that's the fundamental issue with moderating rhetorical devices. You're assuming you know how the other person intended to say something. Moderating personal attacks is easy. Because that's not a rhetorical device and it's intent is quite clear.
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