Never be afraid to ask for help

[xise]

"Best approach would be to allow freedom of expression, and see if you can learn something from it. If you cannot, present your side or ignore it."

It appears to me that this is the actual case. Individuals here are presenting their sides and sometimes that include a lack of understanding of the opposite side.

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(Myself included as an individual, of course.)

I agree. I cannot even imagine what love/wisdom filled entity would actually not allow or delete the opinions expressed on this thread so far. This is very mild stuff, based on your average human discussion.

I am referring more to the mental perceptions of some, who seem uncomfortable with others' using sarcasm, or being critical of certain posters. Which is totally fine, and it is their right to feel uncomfortable, as is the right of the critics to present their opinion.

With respect to people being uncomfortable about communication, arguably there's a point when saying something in a way that is known to upset people when there are multiple ways to say the same thing could be related to a distortion or imbalance in the speaker as well as the listener.

Basically, both the person who feels they are at the brunt end of sarcasm and the person who gets multiple comments about an seemingly abrasive communication style both have their own catalyst. The former probably at least some orange catalyst (accepting oneself despite perceived sarcasm) and the latter some green (understanding why other selves feel hurt and pondering whether there was another way to communicate the same message).

There's truth/blue with both sides. The one at the receiving end will say or feel that same thought could have been communicated without such an abrasive edge and fails to go deeper as to why they feel the edge so sharply. The one making the statement often feels because they are speaking the truth, any offense taking to the statement comes from the other's catalyst and fails to go deeper in understanding what role their choice of words played in making others unnecessarily feel hurt.

Green and blue are hard to balance. Even Ra says that in 6th a lot of entities are balancing these two concepts. It's no surprise that this plays out in the forums as well.