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07-08-2015 04:29 PM
07-08-2015 04:30 PM
For some posters it seems to mean anyone who has a history of disagreeing with them.
07-08-2015 04:33 PM
tansy, no I was not referring to your post. You are not passive-aggressive.
I'll just say that lulu and I are in agreement.
07-08-2015 04:35 PM - edited 07-08-2015 04:38 PM
@SydneyH wrote:It can manifest in many forms, but the worst offenders here will post a mocking comment with no explanation. Then when you call them on it, they'll claim, unsucessfully I'll add, ignorance, lol.
That's not actually the definition of passive agressive. Being passive agressive is pursposely obstructing or undermining in a non agressive way. IE being purposely late so as to annoy people, Pretending to forget something or purposly losing something so as to sabotage the plans of another. Insulting someone with a backhanded compliment. Ignoring people to their face, IE you're mad at your husband and instead of discussing why you just completely ignore anything he says to you.
07-08-2015 04:35 PM
07-08-2015 04:36 PM
07-08-2015 04:36 PM
@tansy wrote:
I'm not giving this a serious answer but it's a term thrown out here too often about a poster. It's akin to "someone's off her meds".
Yes, often inaccurately thrown around. The same way that people claim they are being personally attacked when someone corrects their mistaken information or disagrees with their opinion.
07-08-2015 04:37 PM
@lulu2 wrote:For some posters it seems to mean anyone who has a history of disagreeing with them.
Agreed, some of the meltdowns are epic, lol.
07-08-2015 04:42 PM
07-08-2015 04:53 PM
To those that use this as an excuse for criminal behavior? Most of the time I think it is a copout much like the "insanity plea" for those that committ murder. Of course they are insane, but not by the legal definition, which is: "did they know from wrong at the time they did the crime"?
For a simpleton like me? I see an overly pessimistic person who views the whole world as being against them, and use that as a reason(excuse) for their actions, but moreso for their inactions. To procrastinate/take rather than give and just being an all around a whole.
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