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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9676889" data-attributes="member: 6790260">And yet even if you emphasize this, several people have responded as though such comments aren't there.Consider that I wrote the following (bolding added, all other emphasis in original):As you can see, multiple times in every paragraph, I specifically reiterated that I was talking about what I do or don't do (or can't do), what I feel, what I think. The final paragraph, I explicitly said that my lack of understanding has no bearing whatsoever on whether it works for other people or not. As far as I'm concerned, I had bent over backwards to reiterate as much as humanly possible, without doing an every-other-sentence disclaimer, that this was about my thoughts/feelings/actions/capacities, in the hope that that would give an understandable reason why some feel the way I feel, even if many (most?) others don't.The relevant response I received from Mr. Sweet (cutting out the final line, which is not relevant here) was:To which I apologized, an apology I meant fully sincerely:So, if what I wrote failed to be sufficient attention given to explicitly isolating my own thoughts/feelings/actions/capacities, and instead came across as a blanket statement...what could possibly NOT come across so?Perhaps the issue is that we, and I say "we" very intentionally to include myself, are prone to seeing sweeping generalizations in others' comments, when they only mean narrow slices. Perhaps we are overlooking statements, subtle or overt, that should be understood as limiting scope to personal interest, or at absolute most, only generalizing to others who feel similarly to the speaker, not generalizing to all possible situations.It's quite frustrating for me, to have what feels like going way above and beyond, being immediately met with "jeez, painting with a broad brush aren't we???"--only for those who call out such behavior to then do the very same thing themselves. It feels like a double standard. Whether it is a double standard, or is simply personal bias, I don't know. But that's certainly how I'm feeling right now, reading this particular exchange.</blockquote>

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