I would suggest that, due to your tender nature, even around privation and want, you may have a poor grasp of how psychopaths understand the world. This is to the good! I would not force such perspective on you, as it may throw those things you see so clear out of focus. But --
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OK. Sorry for my patronizing tone! Not my intent, just poor phrasing due to haste. I enjoyed the convo & your perspective, as per usual. I shall try to be more agreeable next time! Nice evening.
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Replying to @HundredthIdiot @vgr
I'd prefer to blame my error and not text. Lots of people seem to be able to use text quite while, so I figure when I miscomm. it's a PICNIC error & fess up ASAP.
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Replying to @PereGrimmer @HundredthIdiot
You self-assess partially correctly. It’s not mere tone, it’s intent. Your profile claims virtues only a saint could unironically claim. Slipping into patronizing without knowing much about the other is a moral hazard when you do that.
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If you try too hard to conduct yourself with more civility and gentleness than you actually feel, slipping into indirect aggression modes like passive aggression, patronization etc is inevitable. Which is why I prefer to simply get mean and act rude if I feel like it. Ymmv.
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Replying to @vgr @HundredthIdiot
Let me make a fuller confession of error, having reflected. It was wrong of me to bring up my sparse and hazy guesses at what your nature may be in the context of this discussion, as I simply have no basis to say; it's insulting; and, what is more, it has no bearing on the topic.
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For this diversion I apologize, most sincerely. I still cannot locate a trace of ill intent in what I said, or through introspection. Nor would I hesitate to speak frankly, if the situation merited. If you think I've an evil motive, though, I take it as a sort of flattery -
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- insofar as ill intent would supply reason to an argumentative party foul I committed by gross incompetence.
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You don’t owe me an explanation or accounting any more than I owe you a fuller account of my reaction :) We’re good.
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Replying to @vgr @HundredthIdiot
OK, good! Onward to victory. And I should note in passing that I agree with your analysis of Putin, by and large, having read now some of the branches and links you posted.
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