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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
You keep saying things like this as if I (or others) don't already know it. Or as if being perfectly capable of being able to distinguish between intended insult and miscommunication somehow implies "being primed to receive insult". A does not equal B. I'm not primed to receive insult. I'm perfectly capable of letting communication breakdowns slide. However... [...]
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The part of my post that you snipped was reminding you that the context was my reply to another's comment that: "That's insulting, no matter the context." So while
you may be able to make the distinction, apparently others cannot, or if they can will insist on taking it as an insult anyway. (As we agreed, context is everything.)
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The conversation here is getting far too convoluted, with bits and pieces lying all over the place. I had found it quite incredible that a phrase like "real books", which seems so innocuous and inconsequential to me, worth perhaps a small scoff or cynical comment at most, can stir up such passion in others - that it might be interpreted some sort of insult no less - and trying to understand that has been the main reason for my continued participation. But it seems no more progress is likely to be made on that front.