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As a general rule this is completely fine. However, sometimes being impolite and correct is desperately needed. As long as you are being impolite with great cal
by lenkite 7y ago
As a general rule this is completely fine. However, sometimes being impolite and correct is desperately needed. As long as you are being impolite with great calm and forbearance.
- chousuke 7y agoMy personal view is that being polite is what a decent person does until the other party starts abusing it. In short, be polite and understanding by default but don't be a pushover.
- dang 7y agoPerhaps, but in most cases, people vastly overestimate how common that "sometimes" is, how desperately the "needed" is, and how great their own "forbearance" is. They bring this argument up as part of denying their own contribution to a conflict. It's so easy to deceive oneself about this that a better strategy is not to go there. Self-honesty about what one is actually feeling will mostly eliminate it anyhow.