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It is disquieting to find yourself on the same side of an argument as a complete asshole. But even a complete asshole can sometimes be right.

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[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

see: rand paul. or rather, saw.

[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

There is no cause so right that one cannot find a fool following it.
-- Niven's 17th Law

[apintrix.livejournal.com]

? details? I've always been fond of the aphorism "even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day."

[redbird]

And sometimes I can't even tell what side of the argument the complete asshole is on, only identify the huge straw men he's erecting. That means that on the original topic, it's possible he and I are at least partially in agreement, if we ever cleared out the smoldering underbrush of irrelevancies.

[vdansk]

There are people who can tell you unpalatable things in a way that makes them sound OK. As in "Diplomacy is telling someone to go to hell in such a way that s/he looks forward to the trip."

There are just as many people who can tell you true things in such a way that you would like to change the laws of physics to prove them wrong.

I regularly see very upset patients who have been told something by another doctor that has completely upset them. I will tell them the exact same thing in a different way, and they will be fine. One of the advantages of my upcoming job change is that I will no longer be doing this damage control for a coworker.

I hope the social interaction has been resolved with no damage to your relationship with the non-asshole involved. Or that it involved no people you have any ongoing relationship with, and so can be forgotten.