grumbling, evergreen
"Stop speaking in such absolute terms all the time!"
Maybe I wouldn't have to speak in absolute terms if people ever actually took the nuance seriously, instead of taking it as an invitation to construct a strawman
re: grumbling, evergreen
And yes these are usually the same people even if they often believe that they're not
re: grumbling, evergreen
And yes, the people who show that they can deal with nuance, continue to get nuanced takes rather than absolute ones. So if you keep getting absolute takes from me, that should tell you something about the way you communicate and argue
re: grumbling, evergreen
(This is mostly a complaint about people elsewhere. Most of my interactions on here are quite good. But there's certain communities that are absolutely full of the strawman-constructing type.)
