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celticdragonfly ([personal profile] celticdragonfly) wrote2006-02-17 07:52 pm

Thoughts on a phrase

I'm thinking today about the phrase "don't take it personally", and why it bugs me.

Nobody has actually used that phrase to me lately. But it's been used on me a lot, I dislike it, and it's gotten to the point where if I think I see it coming I get cranky and defensive.

Thinking it over, really, if someone says that, what they're basically saying is "You shouldn't have feelings, because it's inconvenient for me."

I want to find strategies and answers so I can never let that phrase get used on me again.

[identity profile] fadethecat.livejournal.com 2006-02-18 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
It typically means, "I claim not to care, and therefore I am a stronger person than you, because you do." Loathsome phrase.