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Expect to find curse words, nudity, (occasionally explicit) talk of sex, and angry ranting, but NEVER slurs or sexually violent language. I use TW when I am aware of the need and on request.

Date: 2016-07-19 09:05 am (UTC)
"What aspects make someone's conversational style feel aggressive to you?"

Usually it’s obvious things: people who get into avoidable, unnecessary arguments via comments, people pre-silencing a perfectly harmless opinion they don’t want to hear (“Anyone who says XYZ is a [insult goes here]”).

(This is different from saying “I disagree with XYZ”. It’s also different from getting tough with someone who’s crossed a line. And it’s different from setting necessary boundaries. It’s more like… indulging in conflict, enjoying getting negative reactions, having nil empathy.)

Sometimes it’s more subtle - you just get the feeling before you even say anything that you will have to defend yourself. :-/

Mostly I would not stay ‘friends’ with such a person - there would have to be some very good reason for wanting to read what they write. Lately I’m less tolerant of that stuff.
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