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What I never understood

If I say that I can understand the person’s mindset, why they drew the conclusion they had based on the information they found; that doesn’t mean I condone anything they say or do that’s wrong. It also doesn’t mean that I don’t understand what they’re saying or doing. If I say that I can see why they’d think a certain way, that doesn’t mean that I agree with them.
Yet saying that I can see where they’re coming from tends to cause more issues in my conversations with others than anything else. What is the disconnect here? This is the one thing I can’t ever understand. I don’t get why they don’t get it. 😵‍💫

So I get quiet. Every time. With everyone except one other person who I’ve expressed this issue with.
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Lostpoet · M
This sounds like an SW specific complaint and you're right people on here want everyone on their side and if you give the other group the slightest idea of understanding where they're coming from the other people jump down your throat. We're are all adults on this website we don't have to act like uninformed children all the time.
@Lostpoet It’s happened several times throughout my life, in person as well.
Lostpoet · M
@Colonelmustardseed Sorry, I thought you were talking about SW specificly
@Lostpoet I suppose it’s more understandable when it occurs online since tone and other cues are harder to express in only typed out words. 😮‍💨