this is actually best considered a disagreement about values rather than about definitions
Well, yes, because in the political context “framework” very often means “value framework”. However both definitions and frameworks matter—it is still the case that the argument will get nowhere until people agree on the meaning of the words they are using.
My experience is that if someone begins “Well, yes” rather than, say, just “Yes”, their intention is generally something less positive than simply agreeing with you. (“Well, yes. What kind of idiot would need that to be said explicitly?” “Well, yes, but you’re forgetting about X, Y, and Z.” “Well, yes, I suppose so, but I don’t think that’s actually quite the right question.”)
Well, yes, because in the political context “framework” very often means “value framework”. However both definitions and frameworks matter—it is still the case that the argument will get nowhere until people agree on the meaning of the words they are using.
It feels as if you may be trying to correct a mistake I’m not making. I agree that definitions matter. As I said two comments upthread:
Nope, you just have all your defensive shields up and at full power :-) I am agreeing with you here.
Full power is more dramatic than that :-).
My experience is that if someone begins “Well, yes” rather than, say, just “Yes”, their intention is generally something less positive than simply agreeing with you. (“Well, yes. What kind of idiot would need that to be said explicitly?” “Well, yes, but you’re forgetting about X, Y, and Z.” “Well, yes, I suppose so, but I don’t think that’s actually quite the right question.”)
I’ll work on augmenting my expressions of enthusiasm :-)