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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  I thought your point was saying that you think "the ultimate disloyalty to the breed is to see something that is harmful to the breed, and say nothing." To me the ultimate disloyalty to the breed is to answer those breeding questions in a completely nonjudgmental way, to just answer the question and be "helpful." It's seems like that's what is what is expected, or things turn into a big fight. |
Then yes, I think you misunderstood me. In multiple places I've said I don't think we should just ignore anyone. I also said we should educate and help, in one way or another. We should be "helpful" no matter if that help is a specific question OR to educate when we see something harmful.
People judge all the time, that's inevitable. I do think it's possible to educate without being disrespectful.
I'm not saying that naive posters DON'T get defensive - I've seen the "you're being rude" plenty of times - when someone is
actually being educational, direct, informative, and factual. But, just because threads go badly - it's not enough of a reason to give up on educating, in my opinion. [Not that "you" are giving up...that was just a general statement]