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Kathleen McCroskey's avatar

Sorry that you had to go through the grinder, Chris! The reply paragraph starting with "You attempt to assert authority..." is a standard boiler-plate paragraph that one can plug in in any situation to cut off any discussion. Often it's better to just ignore some people. Yes, if you have a lot of facts and documentation on hand, that can intimidate some people who simply have not done THEIR homework, and can be perceived, in some twisted way, to be a power conflict. So, unless it comes to be a legal issue, just ignore the ankle-biters. (white, trans, Global North)

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Margi Prideaux, PhD's avatar

Brave of you to be so transparent, and to lay it all out. Kathleen in this comment thread and your fourth anonymous assessor nailed it. Sadly, "do the work", and "It's not for me to hold your hand and guide you ..." have become hackneyed phrases used to shut down genuine discussion, abused by people with weak intellectual foundations.

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