The conmen whom you question will make the effort to color your skepticism as demeaning and rude.
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meliaesc@lemmy.world 3 days agoI haven’t seen this perspective before. What makes you think healthy skepticism needs to be demeaning or rude?
AeonFelis@lemmy.world 3 days ago
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 3 days ago
it isn’t.
but people interpret it that way. because it’s not ‘friendly’ to ask questions or be skeptical.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 days ago
They’re saying skeptics are perceived that way, not that they necessarily are acting that way. Just that other people clock you as “not nice” when you don’t always take what they say at face value.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 3 days ago
yep. they don’t like being questioned or doubted. especially so if they are spouting bullshit and lies.
SeptugenarianSenate@leminal.space 2 days ago
Learning can be uncomfortable, and one persons sources of motivation could be another persons’s trigger points for mis-associated signals for impending stress or injury.