If I have to break into the difference between disingenuous, malign, and wrong, I’m going to waste time and calories on a rhetorical approach aimed at wasting time and calories.
I have then proceeded to earn it, and if necessary through the upliftment of myself and those would hate me.
And I’ve also given good will to those who wish to abuse it.
I’ve learned that for them, my good will was not what they needed.
They needed me to connect with their actual pain, and they operate on “respect me.”
Goodwill is a value, which is meant to uphold a better society.
If goodwill is not what’s needed to develop good faith, then it’s in the way of building a better society.
Today, the currency is attention. Goodwill is abused, so it should be used more sparingly.
If the other part of society respects respect, and respects strength, then that is what needs to be provided for them to have faith in your words.
I think I can parse that as and they operate on the concept of "respect me". Took me a while.
“Respect me” is more insightful.
If I have to break into the difference between disingenuous, malign, and wrong, I’m going to waste time and calories on a rhetorical approach aimed at wasting time and calories.