#and one person adding my original tags and stating “speak your truth op”

[wrightandco]

my confetti in the courtroom post now has 29k notes and is getting tagged “I don’t even go here” which means it’s breached containment

[rpbetter]

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You can call me that, Vespertine. I’d rather you didn’t go with Vesper, but as it is unfortunately so likely to happen, I won’t feed you to the dogs over it either. RPB Mun is also acceptable.

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And in the spirit of that, I repeat; you can fucking do better, tumblr RPC!

[imagitory]

You are honestly so extra. Obviously that confession about the BatB live action film being better than the animation was an opinion. It being structured like a fact means jack shit. For example, I could say "dogs are better than cats," which is structured like a fact, but is clearly an opinion. Don't act like the only reason you said something was because the confession was pushing a false truth. Just add your discourse and go.

Here’s the thing, though. Many people speak in absolutes like this, not taking into consideration other people’s points of view, and therefore subconsciously or otherwise presenting their point of view as the only or at least only important point of view. Think of how much of a difference there is between someone saying “Tangled is better than Frozen” and someone saying “In my opinion, Tangled is better than Frozen.” Think of how much of a difference there is between someone saying, “Zootopia is racist” and “I think Zootopia is racist.” (And in both of the second cases, maybe even adding a “because…” to the end.) The first ones have no framing as opinion and thus could be seen as the person stating a fact and in extreme cases even sound like an argument starter – the second sounds solely like a personal belief. Perhaps IRL you can use tone of voice to show that the statement is an opinion, but you don’t have that luxury here on the Internet – so the only way people can read intent is through the words themselves. Of course on personal posts, you can also add tags like “opinion,” which confessions blogs can’t really do as easily, since the posters don’t know the tone of voice that the confessor submitted something with.

I’m afraid that I am not “acting” – I do not care for discourse and I really do not like starting it. Presenting the opposite opinion to counteract an opinion without framing as such and therefore presumably presenting as fact was the reason I replied to it. As I said in my original reply, I am not trying to prove my opinion right – just present it to show that the absolute statement posted could’ve used more than just the insinuation of framing, considering that we cannot hear tone of voice through our computer screens.

I am sorry for any offense I have caused. If the OP was stating their opinion but just not using the words to make that clear, then I hope they know that I think their opinion is more than valid. I would never try to dissuade them from liking the remake better than the animated version – they are more than entitled, and so is anyone else.