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Re:112 Gripes About the French by _Nat_ on Saturday July 17, 2021 @06:25PM (#27869311)
It's better to understand what people are trying to say than to misattribute false interpretations.

For example, in this case the speaker clearly wasn't trying to equate Romani to swindlers. Any logic arriving at such a faulty conclusion would seem fallacious, presumably due to over-simplification.

Re:112 Gripes About the French by pseudalopex on Saturday July 17, 2021 @07:54PM (#27869740)
I attributed no intent.
Re:112 Gripes About the French by _Nat_ on Sunday July 18, 2021 @07:00AM (#27872015)
It's hard to guess what point you're trying to make.

My best guess might be that you're trying to represent a belief that words have context-free meaning, and then you're very short in your own communication in part due to that same belief.

However I disagree with jumping to conclusions about stuff. For example, while I might try to guess that you're arguing that words ought to be held as context-free, such an argument would seem quite naive, such that I'd prefer not attribute it to another on the basis of speculation alone.

In short, I'm not sure what you're trying to say.

Re:112 Gripes About the French by pseudalopex on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @04:03PM (#27898543)
Calling something inappropriate implies nothing about intent. It's what people say to children who don't know better for example. And explaining why it's inappropriate doesn't either. My communication was long enough to identify your false implication.

While I might try to guess that you're arguing that readers' contexts ought to be held as irrelevant, such an argument would seem quite naive, such that I'd prefer not attribute it to another on the basis of speculation alone.