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Nah. The "but" differentiates a positive trait from a neutral trait, and the parenthetical phrase clarifies that the neutral trait isn't necessarily bad.

• zepto 5y ago
  Yes. The fact that you have to qualify that the ‘neutral’ trait isn’t ‘necessarily’ bad implies that you think people might think it was bad. You wouldn’t need to qualify it otherwise.
  • jjk166 5y ago
    People might think anything is bad.
    • zepto 5y ago
      Yes, which is why we only qualify it when we are implying it is a possibility. Your comment doesn’t make you look stupid or casually dismissive.