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[–] OmegaMouse@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You seem to have a very binary view of things though. Is it not possible for someone to agree with a message, but think we can improve on how we tell it? If we want to convince people of something, is it not best to provide as convincing an argument as possible? I'm not trying to distract from the message, I'm wondering how we can tell it better.

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You seem to have a very binary view

Of distracting from the actual topic by needlessly fixating on an only tangentially relevant detail? Yeah, I'm kooky like that.

Is it not possible for someone to agree with a message, but think we can improve on how we tell it?

Sure, but that's not what you're doing. You're, deliberately or not, pulling all attention away from the message by demanding a fix to something that, in the specific case, is unimportant.

If we want to convince people of something, is it not best to provide as convincing an argument as possible?

As I said before, being more exact would invite MORE distracting arguments about it, not fewer.

I'm not trying to distract from the message

You're also not trying to NOT distract from the message either, though. Or you are and you're doing a piss-poor job of it.

I'm wondering how we can tell it better

It was told just fine. You're actively obscuring the salient point with your pedantry.

[–] OmegaMouse@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok my friend. If I have distracted from the message, that is genuinely not my intention. I'll leave things here.

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 3 points 1 year ago

Fair. Have a nice day 🙂