On Wed, 9 Oct 2013, Julie Hankinson wrote:
> Things are getting really nasty here, people. Is there a more reasonable
> tone that you can take to discuss your differences on this?
Hi Julie:
Thanks for your concern! Since the basic topic is communication itself,
particularly affective styles (e.g. manipulative), one of my prime
personal motivations is to **practice** avoiding being emotional as a
result of feeling threatened in such discussions (kind of a "vicious
circle", isn't it?).
As I may have previously said, an understanding of the "affectation"
potential of communication styles is relevant to designing information
systems capable of mitigating manipulative misinformation by teaching
"patrons" how to recognize manipulative tactics (e.g. logical fallacies,
glib speech, misdirection, compulsive lying, self-obsession, lack of
empathy, failure to accept responsibility for one own actions, and
sociological strategies and tricks used to deceive).
You might agree that "Things are getting really nasty here" might be
rather "affective" for being imprecise. Could you please cite the
particular "things" in my (our) posts that seem "nasty", perhaps with
suggestions for more civil ways to make the same points? Look for
underlying causes of emotional reactions too. We're human, so maybe an
interesting topic would be: "Should we avoid feeling emotional (and
could that mitigate "revolutionary" activities)?" :)
Cheers!
jgm
John G. Marr
Cataloger
CDS, UL
Univ. of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
jmarr_at_unm.edu
californiastop_at_hushmail.com
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Received on Wed Oct 09 2013 - 15:10:59 EDT