Imagine a bot that replied to every mindless version of “bad take” with this.pic.twitter.com/RxJdubkW3A
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There are a collection of such phrases (e.g. also "This is tone deaf") and they all imply that what's being said is true, since otherwise they could simply say that it was false.
I think though that when people use these weaker phrases, they don't realize that they implicitly agree with the statement they're criticizing. They just think e.g. "not a good look" without realizing that if that's the worst they can say about it, it must be true.
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They don't CARE if its true. They are telling you that you are disagreeing with a tribal or higher status position that they hold, and using social pressure to push you towards that view. Truth does not matter to them.
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In fact, in most of these arguments truth is actually a BAD thing. A big part of in group tribal signaling is believing that that are patently and observably false to demonstrate your adherence to group norms. You can probably think of MANY examples of this.
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I think there's a bit more to it than that. Bad take / bad look reaction is often due to cherry-picked facts & slanted perspectives. It's not that they're false - it's that they ignore other facts.
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Some of us are not as articulate, nor as self-disciplined or intellectually as rigorous as others, and can only manage to write, "Yes, I don't like it, and I want to be heard, even if it's a poor argument."
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