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Patronizing Language (Issue 232) #237

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<li>Patronizing language or behavior:
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<li>Intentionally or unintentionally making assumptions about the skills or knowledge of others, such as using language that implies the audience is uninformed on a topic (e.g. interjections like "Well, actually" or "I can't believe you don't know about [topic]").
<li>Intentionally or unintentionally making assumptions about the skills or knowledge of others, such as using language that implies the audience is uninformed on a topic (e.g. interjections like "I can't believe you don't know about [topic]").
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  1. Making unfounded assumptions about the skills of others is more an example of prejudice than of patronizing behavior, so I don't think it belongs here.

  2. The phrase "using language that implies the audience is uninformed" is problematic as an example of patronizing behavior, because a speaker should always set the context and define jargon, even though doing so literally implies that the audience is uninformed on the topic. (If the audience were fully informed about the speaker's topic, there would be no point in the speaker presenting that topic!) The point is that neutrally assuming that an audience is uniformed does not constitute patronizing behavior. There needs to be an element of insult -- even if subtle -- to constitute patronizing behavior.

  3. I suggest changing this whole "Patronizing language or behavior" section to:

Patronizing language or behavior, such as using language that insultingly implies the audience is uninformed on a topic, e.g., making statements like "I can't believe you don't know about [topic]".
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<li>Assuming that particular groups of people are technically unskilled due to their characteristics (e.g., “So easy your grandmother could do it”).
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s/your grandmother/someone with different experience/
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I think I'd much rather explain why this particular example is problematic than try to change it. This is a pretty common colloquialism too, changing it would take some of the familiarity away.
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