This is more to address the common thought process “this person disagrees with me, therefore they are an idiot!”
Even if they aren’t very smart, it is better to frame them as someone who isn’t very smart rather than a directly derogatory term “idiot.”
(Certainly not my criterion, nor that of the LW herd/caravan/flock, a couple stragglers possibly excepted.)
a couple stragglers possibly excepted.
I think you missed a trick here...
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This is more to address the common thought process “this person disagrees with me, therefore they are an idiot!”
Even if they aren’t very smart, it is better to frame them as someone who isn’t very smart rather than a directly derogatory term “idiot.”
(Certainly not my criterion, nor that of the LW herd/caravan/flock, a couple stragglers possibly excepted.)
I think you missed a trick here...