“I know people get offended by generalities.”
Apart from the sort of funniness of that statement; I don’t especially agree. Some people like to get very specific and are comforted by coherent facts. They don’t view the process of “dialing in the microscope” as tedious effort. I happen to be in that group. Some other people like to speak in vague generalities. There’s something comforting to them about broad, sweeping generalities...maybe it’s a feeling this speech habit imparts of being “above” the gritty tedium of actually getting stuff done....for which one has to be accountable for the results of actions, no matter how altruistic the apparent motivations.
I frankly don’t think there is any piece of superiority about either type. 99% of discussion is about making our brains feel better.
I prefer being fairly specific with people; I find it’s a greater feeling of “meeting of the minds”. Once a specific point is agreed upon, it no longer has to be cogitated or worried about. But that’s just me.
Good Point. I think I was being to general.(sarc) In conversation if you state that all liberals are ________ there will always be somebody who gets upset and says they aren’t like that.