I tried using 'I think' more to show I'm not claiming to know everything but this often results in ppl assuming I don't know anything.
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Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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It depends on who is calling you "condescending". Are they intellectually honest people or ideologues?
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Hmm. Doesn't tend to be ppl with well-informed arguments but usually sincere.
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Maybe it's a matter of using specific jargon? Sometimes people have called me condescending for being using precise terminology.
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Might be partly because I'm English? Its always Americans who say this. Slight cultural diff in language.
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There's an association of UK English with prestige in the US world due to history/sociology/media effect.
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Its very odd coz Europe sees us as cultureless yobs! XD
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In Switzerland you're seen as very highly educated (Oxford/Cambridge)s. Maybe the hooligans is where the stereotype comes from?
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Perhaps I'm associating all of Europe with the French!
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Could be a general problem with rhetoric, which people used to teach. These days we have to read on our own, or take classes.
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I love rhetoric. I wish they'd teach it again! Only to be used to make the best of an honest point tho!
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Twitter is full of 'rhetoric'... ex: "You are wrong, and bigots. And if you can't see why you are bigots, and wrong."
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Ankh.
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First thought is that many won't be as articulate as you but will have a point. You may miss a point as possibly impatient
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Others have suggested this. Too intense. Too fast. Talk slower & talk less. Ask more questions. Let people unfold things
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Yes. It's not a fault of yours. More theirs. They / me, often have a point forming but can't quite articulate it well or quickly
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I think it's best to just be yourself. People are just projecting. You have a very lovely way of interacting with people>
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>and you give everyone multiple chances for clarity. I think that speaks for itself. A snob wouldn't care.
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Thanks! I won't overthink it and make it worse. Maybe I'll save the convos where this happens & analyse!
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