what's the difference between a personal attack, an insult, and a true statement

[PrincessCaderpio]

Re: what's the difference between a personal attack, an insult, and a true statement

Imagine the following:

- Someone (person P) knows someone else (person Q) very well. P tells Q a certain insult X. A population reads X and determines it most likely isn't an insult, because they don't know Q (and P) at all. In this case, X will probably always be misclassified.

Why imagine it when you can real-life live it every goddamn day of your life for months?

[mewtikz]

Re: what's the difference between a personal attack, an insult, and a true statement

Why imagine it when you can real-life live it every goddamn day of your life for months?

Are you ok?

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Anyhow, the way I see it is that there is no difference between a personal attack, an insult, or a true statement, when just looking at the words alone. After all, these labels are applied after someone receives the message and judges as such. I don't think there's any reason to figure out the difference because determining if it's an insult or a statement is done with so much more context than just the words alone.

TL;DR - there's no difference if trying to analyze solely on the words

[Elena-]

Re: what's the difference between a personal attack, an insult, and a true statement

Buddha washed life down enough to say that all suffering stems from ignorance. Furthermore, the dhammapada describes many ignorant actions as ones done by fools. It basically says 'you're foolish' which could easily be the same as 'you're stupid' and it's a well-renowned religious text for like, one of the most pacifistic religions around, and it literally has insults embedded in it. In it's case though, the insults are of a general, non-directed nature, and intended to make people think things through more as a general matter of course. Nor is there anything about them actually being -right-

I seem to one of those people that can be insulted from literally anything. I'm specifically remembering that 1 TWG I played on here where I chewed someone's head off for being too nice to me because I perceived I was being treated differently due to not having a dick and it fucked up the game royally because it wasn't clear, due to it being in a game setting, that that was my actual intention for ranting. Good times!

It takes a fool to know a fool. So when someone calls you one, take it to heart; it may serve you well into the future.

[Dinglesberry]

Re: what's the difference between a personal attack, an insult, and a true statement

I seem to one of those people that can be insulted from literally anything. I'm specifically remembering that 1 TWG I played on here where I chewed someone's head off for being too nice to me because I perceived I was being treated differently due to not having a dick

Eww u don't have a dick wtffff that's gross

[Funnygurl555]

Re: what's the difference between a personal attack, an insult, and a true statement

Buddha washed life down enough to say that all suffering stems from ignorance. Furthermore, the dhammapada describes many ignorant actions as ones done by fools. It basically says 'you're foolish' which could easily be the same as 'you're stupid' and it's a well-renowned religious text for like, one of the most pacifistic religions around, and it literally has insults embedded in it. In it's case though, the insults are of a general, non-directed nature, and intended to make people think things through more as a general matter of course. Nor is there anything about them actually being -right-

I seem to one of those people that can be insulted from literally anything. I'm specifically remembering that 1 TWG I played on here where I chewed someone's head off for being too nice to me because I perceived I was being treated differently due to not having a dick and it fucked up the game royally because it wasn't clear, due to it being in a game setting, that that was my actual intention for ranting. Good times!

twg

who you?

edit: i took a fun trip down memory lane and realized who you were. that game was a ride.....

[Skullbac]

Re: what's the difference between a personal attack, an insult, and a true statement

Personal attacks and insults are meant to offend.
True statements are not meant to offend.

[DaBackpack]

Re: what's the difference between a personal attack, an insult, and a true statement

let this thread die

edit: since this is """critical thinking""" and I don't want to get banned I'll add that the distinction in the OP is """critically""" useless

[PrincessCaderpio]

Re: what's the difference between a personal attack, an insult, and a true statement

It takes a fool to know a fool. So when someone calls you one, take it to heart; it may serve you well into the future.

*yawn*

[PrincessCaderpio]

Re: what's the difference between a personal attack, an insult, and a true statement

edit: i took a fun trip down memory lane and realized who you were. that game was a ride.....

Yeah I never liked you before, still don't like you now. You should be in jail or helping put the person who told you to write that, in jail.

[Funnygurl555]

Re: what's the difference between a personal attack, an insult, and a true statement

Yeah I never liked you before, still don't like you now. You should be in jail or helping put the person who told you to write that, in jail.

surprised that you have an opinion of me at all really. unfortunately that's not mutual.

[Elena-]

Re: what's the difference between a personal attack, an insult, and a true statement

I know you're having a stressful time but attacking others won't make it any easier.

[Charu]

Re: what's the difference between a personal attack, an insult, and a true statement

Yeah I never liked you before, still don't like you now. You should be in jail or helping put the person who told you to write that, in jail.

Where in the world is this coming from?

[WTFBrandon]

Re: what's the difference between a personal attack, an insult, and a true statement

Personal attacks and insults are meant to offend.
True statements are not meant to offend.

let this thread die

edit: since this is """critical thinking""" and I don't want to get banned I'll add that the distinction in the OP is """critically""" useless

Ya, that alone killed the thread. Simple as that.
Doesn't really need to get much further in depth as you're just picking out specific scenarios.

[PrincessCaderpio]

Re: what's the difference between a personal attack, an insult, and a true statement

Where in the world is this coming from?

Glad you're not in on stalking me Charu.

[PrincessCaderpio]

Re: what's the difference between a personal attack, an insult, and a true statement

surprised that you have an opinion of me at all really. unfortunately that's not mutual.

Its for the best you don't think of yourself as a piece of shit.