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I was trying to be nice.

It's worth discussing I just don't think you contributed anything useful to the conversation with that comment.

To me it reads like you're dismissing the author's experiences based on a technicality, rather than engaging with them on their terms and merits.

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Do you think it might be possible to appreciate the reality and sincerity of someone's experiences while also questioning the validity of their interpretations? Would this be a form of substantive engagement on the merits of the piece?

Personally, I see someone describing a number of points of cultural difference and an author who wholeheartedly believes they have identified the root of all of them. Is it worth discussing that the real, indisputably valid lived experience of the author, might also be linked to other things?

Yeah I think I've been pretty clear that I think that conversation is possible and also that I think that is not the conversation that is happening in this thread.

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