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How do you get it through people's heads that you're not calling them unintelligent, youre calling them uneducated on a particular subject? (hexbear.net)
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I'm noticing a lot of people taking "you should read more about this, here are some book recommendations" as insulting their intelligence.

This is relevant because most USians lack a political education.

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[–] IzyaKatzmann@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

Hmm, I think I took Maoo to mean confident in a flippant way, I suppose that makes it disrespectful. The situation I thought it would be appropriate is like, for a person who is unaccustomed to being challenged or who very gassed up. But I think you're right generally, only in the instances where you can't be respectful it might work to not take them too seriously.