• Anomander@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    It’s “proper” usage is preface for a statement whose interpretation is ambiguous or easily misunderstood as disrespect, not as a “you’re not allowed to be offended” preface for statements intended to be disrespectful.

    What I was saying is that the latter use case is overwhelmingly the more common one.

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      1 year ago

      Yup, something like “with all due respect, I don’t think you’re seeing this clearly right now. You should eat a Snickers.”

      Not “with all due respect, you’re decision-making skills rival a toddler’s, but without the low stakes and amusement.”

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          1 year ago

          My point exactly. Some people, Musk being amongst them for sure, are due zero respect. As such, using the phrase without showing or indeed having any respect is proper and correct use.