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Originally Posted by gmw
Being primed to receive insult means raising argument where there may not be any need. It means possibly misconstruing perfectly innocent sentences and derailing entire conversations all because of some need to exert one particular view of the world, some particular way of phrasing oneself.
Whereas failing to recognise an intended insult (if it was truly intended) typically just annoys the one sending the insult, the person on the receiving end continues in the bliss of ignorance. I don't see anything wrong with offering the benefit-of-the-doubt and interpreting "real book" in the sense that I might use it myself, it does me no harm.
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I did not say I would always act on being insulted. If my hypothetical 90-year-old grandauntie mentioned "real" books, I would ignore it, because chances are she'd be ignorant in such matters, so no point in arguing with her. Anyone under 70 and of sound mind, now... Yes, I quarrel with people all the time about things that matter to me. I don't particularly care about good relationships and getting along, or about relationships at all actually. When I don't agree with someone, I won't keep mum about it. YMMV.