Yes, I considered that to be the primary statement under contention.
It’s not a strategy I wish to use, so I decided to speak out against it even as I realize that’s kind of the point, to have purists who can continue to show that there’s further to go, and a spectrum of other positions to provide a more gradual path.
I recognize the potential usefulness of it even as I deride it; I am good cop.
This is not universally true, but I would support trying to create nonoffensive ways to deliver the message—the combination of direct and conciliatory methods is probably more powerful than either alone.
Yes, I considered that to be the primary statement under contention.
It’s not a strategy I wish to use, so I decided to speak out against it even as I realize that’s kind of the point, to have purists who can continue to show that there’s further to go, and a spectrum of other positions to provide a more gradual path.
I recognize the potential usefulness of it even as I deride it; I am good cop.