My anecdotal evidence is that I wasn’t offended, I just didn’t believe it. The issue seemed to be framed incorrectly—discussion on this issue seemed to be saying “aid doesn’t work; just don’t bother” rather than “hey you want to do the aid thing? Here’s how to do it properly”.
Accepting that conventional wisdom is wrong was really hard for me. I think if you’re asking people to do that, you need to go in gently and show people that you’re on their side.
My anecdotal evidence is that I wasn’t offended, I just didn’t believe it. The issue seemed to be framed incorrectly—discussion on this issue seemed to be saying “aid doesn’t work; just don’t bother” rather than “hey you want to do the aid thing? Here’s how to do it properly”.
Accepting that conventional wisdom is wrong was really hard for me. I think if you’re asking people to do that, you need to go in gently and show people that you’re on their side.