12-01-2020, 02:03 AM
(12-01-2020, 01:19 AM)BostonCard Wrote: Fair point. To say it was "deliberately provocative and confrontational" did imply I can deduce her frame of mind from a tweet. I should have said "it came across as provocative and confrontational", and I am specifically referring to "you don't get to bar me from my religion bc you're scared", and I am open to different interpretations of that statement. Maybe, in light of the second tweet, it was just bravado on her part.
And you are correct that the second tweet did suggest that contracting COVID has changed her perspective.
Now, here's the part where I suggest you re-examine your response to DocSavage, where you suggest that he is "reveling" in her stupidity and illness. Like the woman's statement, Doc's can also be interpreted differently by different people, and where you seem to have read a sneering tone, I just saw frustration that people like the tweeter didn't consider the consequences of contracting the virus or passing them on to a loved one with a pre-existing condition before engaging in risky behavior, and sending tweets that could be read as provocative and confrontational.
BC
fwliw, I agree with your characterization of the woman's first tweet. It's just that the second one, in my mind, reflected some humility (and fear).
As for the rest, I've said my piece.
