Thanks, this actually highlighted for me another aspect of it. Namely, if someone objects to a claim I did not make, if I respond it feels as though people might go with ‘he was actually tacitly making that claim.’ Calling out that I’m not making that claim explicitly should help here.
I wonder if there’s a good way to call out this sort of feedback? I might start trying something like
(Perhaps that comes across as rude? I’m not sure.)
Thanks, this actually highlighted for me another aspect of it. Namely, if someone objects to a claim I did not make, if I respond it feels as though people might go with ‘he was actually tacitly making that claim.’ Calling out that I’m not making that claim explicitly should help here.