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Project Luminas's avatar

Yes, ‘disagreeable’ as in constructively disagreeing via respectful language, not as in becoming disruptive, rude, or demeaning. Sorry! If I might clarify, I realize I decontextualized Jordan Peterson’s ‘disagreeable’ term from his 2018 Cathy Newman ‘debate’ in which he mentions motivating people to firmly disagree so as to attain a deserved pay raise, for instance. To stand up for what we might be inclined to dismiss or pass up when normally acquiescent or agreeable. It actually describes my ability to obtain just such a pay raise in 2014, as well as withstand verbal onslaughts in my 3 grad school degrees 😵‍💫. And I think you exhibit this polite and firm ‘disagreeable’ sense in spades in each interview or article you appear in or write.

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Christopher F. Rufo's avatar

Of course, we need to be more disagreeable in that sense!

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