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Originally Posted by photon
Creating a dichotomy (a false one IMO, there are other options) then putting someone into it so as to accuse them of ignorance or guilt isn't productive, it just puts the other person on the defensive making them more likely to either retaliate or defend themselves.
In general telling someone else what they think, feel, how they're motivated, why they say something is confrontational and there's usually a better way to get the point across.
In addition it comes across as arrogant, which people generally don't respond well to. "can only be borne out of ignorance" is another way of saying "if you knew what I know you would agree with me."
Plus targeting the poster themselves rather than their ideas (i.e. discussing the poster rather than the topic) also invites confrontation over discussion.
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I don't think it would shock anybody to see a post of mine be described as "confrontational." There are, of course, different ways to carry one's self, but that does not make them better.
Is telling someone what they mean not the same as telling someone what they think?
Is there no irony in your final sentence, considering not a single word is in reference to the topic?
Regardless, I'll stick by my post. If the worst I did was disrupt his attack on wittynickname, then yeah, I'm pretty comfortable being disruptive.