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Re:Carl Braun on Communicating Like a Grown-Up (2016) by IIAOPSW on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @10:28PM (#35367090)
Corollary: even with the proviso it can pay to "pretend assume good faith". Give them enough rope to hang themselves.
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Re:Carl Braun on Communicating Like a Grown-Up (2016) by jimwhite42 on Thursday March 30, 2023 @06:14AM (#35370431)
I think when you don't "pretend assume good faith", you end up making less convincing counter arguments, and communicate less well in general, plus many other negative things.
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Re:Carl Braun on Communicating Like a Grown-Up (2016) by dkarl on Thursday March 30, 2023 @10:05AM (#35372895)
It's especially important when there are people reading or listening who don't recognize the bad faith.
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