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To: thoughtomator

There have been far too many attacks on FR lately and I'm guilty of it as well.


1,663 posted on 04/02/2005 9:49:34 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone

One problem I have found is that criticism tends to be taken more personally than it is meant. The words "you" and "your" are the triggers for this, they cause a defensive reaction in the recipient. I have taken to intentionally substituting the third-person pronoun "one" as an inocculation against being seen to criticize a person when I mean to criticize an idea. I've found it works well.


1,666 posted on 04/02/2005 9:52:24 AM PST by thoughtomator ("The Passion of the Opus" - 2 hours of a FReeper being crucified on his own self-pitying thread)
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