07-04-2020, 02:55 PM
(07-04-2020, 02:37 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I know it's fun to give Fred shit, but he did have a point. It is hard to draw that line with opinions. Especially when there is a strong wave of people, and this is on both sides, not understanding the difference between fact and opinion and people dismissing objective facts as opinion or "fake news." I'm not going to lie, this is the the thing that will get me to the point of a condescending tone in my posts 100% of the time.
My advice would be to simply point out when you don't find a source credible, and think the information is questionable. Or, in the case of what you consider objective facts, defend the validity of the information. That's a legit thing to bring up and can be done so without attacking or insulting the person who provides the info.
On the topic of 'condescending' which has been mentioned in this thread and another, if the remark is about the subject matter or an overall argument and it doesn't directly insult or belittle the poster, I don't see an issue. This is where we have to start drawing the line...with criticisms being of the content and not the individual.
