Tilted Cat Head
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Originally Posted by willravel
It depends on the name. If I call you a shithead, it's probably posturing. If I call someone an idiot, I could be being totally honest.
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true to both statements but how is that benefitting the point of honesty which is to bridge communication. The point of the brutal honesty isn't to just say something and feel better about yourself, but to realize that your honesty is getting to the other ideas that need to be attended to instead of spending energy posturing. So again, the statement "you're and idiot" serves little in the honesty communication. Just like the "I think you're a prick for making me do this." Because truly the communication is "I'm resentful with you for making me do this."
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