I am confident that many people who disliked the op-ed are also well-meaning.
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So can we agree that the distinguishing feature of response to the column is not wellmeaning-ness but something else?
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Not if that involves reflexively impugning the motives of anyone who found the column valuable.
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Replying to @mtracey
I was trying to call attention to fact you were assuming something (people who liked column are wellmeaning) that is unproven & irrelevant
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Replying to @HeerJeet
A number of people who I regard as well-meaning favorably shared the column, which is how I saw it. This tangential hangup of yours is odd.
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You made the easily disprovable claim that "well-meaning people" could not have liked the column, but further litigating this is pointless.
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Replying to @mtracey
I was trying to call attention to strangeness of saying well-meaning people liked column. That's usually not a factor in judging writing
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Replying to @HeerJeet
I judged it favorably because the author cogently articulated points that well-meaning people are often unable to express themselves.
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So the reason for the judgment wasn't about well-meaning people liking it, it was the clarity and cogency of the writing.
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Replying to @mtracey
If the people who like it are themselves unable to articulate their own thoughts, then they shouldn't be used as judges of good writing.
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People are often unable to articulate their own thoughts, and look to writers to do it in a way they identify with. Pretty common.
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