• delirious_owl@discuss.online
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    3 months ago

    “and”

    If you study non violent communication, folks will say to avoid using “I agree with you, but”. Because as soon as you say " but ", people get defensive and stop listening to you.

    Whenever possible, replace “but” with “and” if the sentence still has the same meaning

    • pooberbee (they/she)@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      This was not a case of “I agree with you, but…”, though. “But” is perfectly appropriate here to contrast between the first statement and the second.