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DetectiveFinch t1_iubfzzb wrote

Reply to comment by PromachosGuile in [image] Stop Negotiating with toxic people by tobycastle

To add to this, my impression is that "toxic" is not really well defined. And the term is used to describe all sorts of things from valid criticism to actually malicious behaviour.

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PikaPikaMoFo69 t1_iude7qb wrote

Why not define toxic as people who behave in bad faith

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DetectiveFinch t1_iudfibs wrote

This would work if everyone uses the same definition and if it was always clear whether people are behaving in bad faith it not.

Unfortunately, we often don't know the intentions of others and what is described as toxic can often be explained by misunderstandings, disagreement, justified criticism, incompetence, ignorance etc..

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PromachosGuile t1_iujlh0n wrote

I would think that the word speaks for itself in that toxic things have no redeeming qualities.

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DetectiveFinch t1_iuk85ik wrote

In my experience, the word is used in various contexts to describe almost every human behaviour that somehow made someone else feel uncomfortable, even when the intentiona are completely unclear.

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