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"Everything is going to shit" is a much easier thing to argue about than "you should listen to critical people."
by mquander 16y ago
"Everything is going to shit" is a much easier thing to argue about than "you should listen to critical people."
- DanielBMarkham 16y agoYeah but the point wasn't that everything is going to hell, and it wasn't that you should listen to critical people, it's that there are certain criticisms that deserve attention and concern, yet these concepts are impossible to broach with some because it becomes an assault on their way of looking at the universe. You get into endless arguments. This can be confused easily with "everything is going to hell" especially for those who don't want to acknowledge any problems at all. It's grumpy-old-man-syndrome, the other side. As I pointed out in another comment, this is a attribute of how groups of people relate to one another. Citing my personal view of things only served to frame up my suggestions in the manner I was talking about, which then caused exactly the response I mention. I think it's a facile argument to say that this is an issue about criticism only. If only it were so simple.
- mquander 16y agoOK, sorry for mischaracterizing your point.