Posted by badhaircut on February 12, 2005, at 15:12:10
In reply to been there » Aphrodite, posted by badhaircut on February 12, 2005, at 14:56:21
Oops. It's easy to *be* dismissive, too. Unintentionally. Like I just was.
I didn't mean that Babblers are "spotty, random, or skewed". Just that a reply that sounds hostile or dismissive may not be what everybody, or most, or even many, people think.
PLUS... Sometimes when a post "hits home" because it's insightful or accurate, a reader can get testy & defensive about it. What someone lashes out at today may be what they come to agree with in another week...
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