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Re:Linus Torvalds apologizes for his behavior, takes time off by blihp on Monday September 17, 2018 @04:37AM (#18004129)
I take brutal in this context to mean honesty, not cruelty. To me, 'very, very, very blunt' and 'extremely direct and brutal' mean the same thing.
Re:Linus Torvalds apologizes for his behavior, takes time off by DoreenMichele on Monday September 17, 2018 @05:11AM (#18004277)
I'm aware there are people who feel that way. I think the difference is that, where applicable, I will also deal with the emotional piece and make sure they understand I mean X, but not Y in cases where bluntly stating X is typically presumed to also mean Y where X is something factual and Y is something ugly and judgemental.

My oldest son wasn't planned. I spent a lot of time thinking on how to talk to him about that and realized that most people equate unplanned with unwanted. So I figured out how to make it clear that he was unplanned while making it equally clear he was absolutely wanted and loved. It's never been an issue.