If you speak in order to persuade, attending to your wants can only yield a distraction. Your interest lies in attending instead to the wants of your audience. Even emotional expression germinates better at a distance. As long as your audience matters to the making of your utterance, its motivation by your irresistible desire will run counter to its purpose. Step aside and let the passions settle, lest you be forced into a choice between futility and indignity.
if you really want to say something… don’t
If you speak in order to persuade, attending to your wants can only yield a distraction. Your interest lies in attending instead to the wants of your audience. Even emotional expression germinates better at a distance. As long as your audience matters to the making of your utterance, its motivation by your irresistible desire will run counter to its purpose. Step aside and let the passions settle, lest you be forced into a choice between futility and indignity.
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My tweets
Sun, 14:06: RT @ michaelmalice: All I'm asking for is the right to the same weapons that I paid for the Taliban to own
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Mon, 15:02: Thread by @ AlexThomp: I still find this @ margbrennan exchange the most illuminating/honest in how Biden thinks about Afghanistan…
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Thu, 19:13: Re: stupid typo https://t.co/t1RwbB5Q0q
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