Added to post: Offering a non-true rejection is also logically rude.
Does intent matter? It would seem that there are some cases where offering a non-true rejection is more analogous to being confused than being rude.
I agree, obviously, that often offering a non-true rejection is rudeness. But ‘true rejections’ are sometimes hard to really nail down.
Intent matters a great deal on this one.
Added to post: Offering a non-true rejection is also logically rude.
Does intent matter? It would seem that there are some cases where offering a non-true rejection is more analogous to being confused than being rude.
I agree, obviously, that often offering a non-true rejection is rudeness. But ‘true rejections’ are sometimes hard to really nail down.
Intent matters a great deal on this one.