Having a reputation as smelly and unwashed can have a very negative effect on one’s life and livelihood, too — but if someone points out that you smell bad, you are better served to update on that (and take a shower) rather than responding as if it is a slur. I don’t think we want a social world in which people respond to negative feedback with overwhelming retaliatory defensiveness.
Having a reputation as smelly and unwashed can have a very negative effect on one’s life and livelihood, too — but if someone points out that you smell bad, you are better served to update on that (and take a shower) rather than responding as if it is a slur.
Depends, if people frequently used accusations of smelliness as universal counter-arguments, they way they use accusations of offensiveness, it would make sense to question accusations of smelliness.
Hmm … from what I can tell, people frequently use accusations of “political correctness” as universal counter-arguments against requests that they moderate their offensive behavior towards others. Would you agree that those should be treated with the same disdain?
That’s because in today’s world having a reputation as being “offensive”/”insensitive” can have a very negative effect on one’s life and livelihood.
Having a reputation as smelly and unwashed can have a very negative effect on one’s life and livelihood, too — but if someone points out that you smell bad, you are better served to update on that (and take a shower) rather than responding as if it is a slur. I don’t think we want a social world in which people respond to negative feedback with overwhelming retaliatory defensiveness.
Depends, if people frequently used accusations of smelliness as universal counter-arguments, they way they use accusations of offensiveness, it would make sense to question accusations of smelliness.
Hmm … from what I can tell, people frequently use accusations of “political correctness” as universal counter-arguments against requests that they moderate their offensive behavior towards others. Would you agree that those should be treated with the same disdain?