Rex Kerr
Dec 13, 2022

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Unfortunately, this observation itself can be weaponized, where the doubters instead say "I see how you can't handle (my/the) truth emotionally but you're wrong".

This is a lot more insidious, because a lot of people recognize the flaw of pitting feelings against evidence, but not nearly so many see the flaw of assuming emotionally-prompted bad judgment on the part of the other person as a reason to ignore their point.

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Rex Kerr
Rex Kerr

Written by Rex Kerr

One who rejoices when everything is made as simple as possible, but no simpler. Sayer of things that may be wrong, but not so bad that they're not even wrong.

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