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[Dill]

(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.

"Tone" is especially difficult to monitor.

If you are explaining the difference between fact and opinion to someone, then you are assuming they don't know it.

And they'll know you assume that.

If at that point, they flag your "condescension," they are really asking that they be allowed to make arguments and claims without question or dissent.


I'll say this though, Hollo is a master at correcting without appearing condescending.  It takes much work with some, little with others.