5. “Questioning the intelligence or honesty of the audience, however, is counterproductive.”
Which is precisely what DY is doing to me when he keeps accusing me of saying something that I didn’t, and that I keep saying that I didn’t.
I agree with you 100% that it is important to make sure that what I wrote is phrased clearly. And I am more than happy to hear if someone thinks that it wasn’t and explains how it should be phrased. If DY thinks that I didn’t express myself clearly and wants to politely explain to me how I should rephrase things or how the words I am using can lead to a misunderstanding, I would really be more than happy to hear. But that is not what he has been doing.
If he or you would like to do so now, I really would be more than happy to hear. But I would appreciate it if you could take the time to first read EVERY post of mine and his VERY carefully.
And since I took the time to respond to DY’s posts and show him how I did not say the things that he accused me of saying, I think that it is only right that he read my responses carefully and respond to them before making any more comments. I very clearly showed him, in several instances, that I did not write the things he accused me of writing. I don’t think it’s appropriate to make accusations against someone, and then not to respond to their responses, and instead to keep accusing them.