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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 6307787" data-attributes="member: 87792">Not even close.  The lede is exactly the right lede.  Diplomacy isn't about how well you can speak (which is, I agree, a skill in its own right).  Diplomacy is, RAW and RAI about how good you are at getting people to like you and want to bother further, and fundamentally about establishing a rapport.  It's not about how well you can present how evolution actually works to a creationist.  You can be as clear and accurate as you like, but unless you can establish a rapport with them they are going to dismiss what you have to say out of hand.For the record how well you speak, especially in front of a crowd is directly covered by another skill.  Perform (Oratory).On this we can agree.</blockquote>