tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post4959602611450324087..comments2023-12-26T10:22:04.630-05:00Comments on Things of My Soul: Avoiding CondescensionPapa Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-58659263315704866752009-04-28T23:08:00.000-04:002009-04-28T23:08:00.000-04:00For me I have found the way to best communicate AN...For me I have found the way to best communicate ANYTHING is to seek the Spirit and many times in doing this it requires restraint, sometimes A LOT. It doesn't matter how smart we are or how many big words we know and understand if we don't use them with a spirit of love and concern for those with whom we are communicating. <br /><br />I have noticed some people really enjoy having discussions Jennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-61033317276559059192009-04-28T16:43:00.000-04:002009-04-28T16:43:00.000-04:00It's an interesting tension between trying to expr...It's an interesting tension between trying to express adequately deep concepts and trying to do so in a way that will be understandable to those who are participating in the conversation. I don't have much problem with this in verbal conversations, since I can gauge reactions and alter how I am saying something at any moment. Written communication is much trickier, since often I only have one Papa Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-45267264650351894212009-04-28T15:08:00.000-04:002009-04-28T15:08:00.000-04:00I don't know that the Lord wants us raising past c...I don't know that the Lord wants us raising past common speech unless there is a purpose served.<br /><br />In other words, if I can convey an idea with common speech...everyone understands. If I use the speech of academia to convey the same idea...only academics understand.<br /><br />That seems to me to create condescension and serve no purpose (other than keep academics employed). :)<br /><Bruce in Montanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08480425208723630243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-48360376807205808432009-04-28T12:03:00.000-04:002009-04-28T12:03:00.000-04:00If you don't bring the conversation to a higher le...If you don't bring the conversation to a higher level (albeit in a non-condescending way) then our communications will all default to the lowest common denominator and we will all talk like the uneducated.<br /><br />How do you get them to that next level WITHOUT seeming condescending - that is the trick. Not eliminating the higher concepts but finding a way of communicating them without guile.<Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-50914580728346511782009-04-28T10:58:00.000-04:002009-04-28T10:58:00.000-04:00This is so true...especially in the accademic worl...This is so true...especially in the accademic world. <br />I suppose it's cultural though..we first walk into a college classroom and are spoken to with language that we are not used to. To do well, we're expected to start emulating that language.<br /><br />Even the retail market reflects it. For instance, a retail clerk is a retail clerk...unless you work in a book store....then you're a "Bruce in Montanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08480425208723630243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-63126403191883624002009-04-27T09:00:00.000-04:002009-04-27T09:00:00.000-04:00I was rather like Anne of Green Gables as a child,...I was rather like Anne of Green Gables as a child, always using overly large words. Sometimes it's hard not to, if you don't have any words that describe it better, but I've come to realize that communications is about more than choosing words, it's about what message you're sending.SilverRainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-88684098014226047102009-04-27T05:25:00.000-04:002009-04-27T05:25:00.000-04:00Fwiw, this general topic "avoiding condescension" ...Fwiw, this general topic "avoiding condescension" has been very difficult this past week. There have been some really aggravating discussions on a couple of blogs, and I have had to bite my tongue hard and try to remain calm and measured and not sarcastic. <br /><br />I have failed a couple of times.Papa Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.com