Honesty VS Kindness

[Cannon]

This sounds like a Love/Wisdom balance issue, the sort of thing which only gets resolved in Sixth density. From my perspective, either honesty or kindness could be more polarizing depending on the situation, though I feel being kind would set the recipient up for a much bigger fall in the end, because it'll only hurt them worse when they find out your compliments were a lie. They'd feel not only untalented, but easily fooled and genuinely betrayed. If someone gets angry that you didn't show them kindness with compliments some time, explain this to them. If they're still angry and would prefer to live in a fantasy world, that's their prerogative and not something you should feel bad about.