-abrasive way of communicating-
Everybody needs a little tough love now and again and these folks need to here the word NO occasionally. They are never turned down for anything and it needs to happen.
Nothing tough about
I DON’T THINK SO DARLING !
(Which needs to be the new meme reply to those intimidating attacks)
Otherwise know as being brutally honest which is nice when in our PC times being honest has been reclassified as being a bully or not being sensitive.