You can’t know how a person will respond to an attempt to start a conversation before you attempt to start one, so by your logic no one should ever talk to anyone ever.
If a person doesn’t want to talk, they can say so directly (or more likely come up with some other excuse to evade it). But striking up a conversation in and of itself violates nothing.
The attitude that you are always in the right trying to have a conversation is entitled. Sometimes, you will be right, and sometimes you will be wrong. It’s up to you to be respectful when you are wrong.
It’s up to you to be respectful when you are wrong.
I never said otherwise. Show me where I said “If someone makes it clear that they don’t want to talk to you, you should force them into a conversation with you to assert your dominance.” You can’t, because I didn’t say that.
What I said was that there’s nothing wrong with trying to strike up a conversation, so whatever additional layers you’re trying to add onto that are merely strawmen.
The attitude of “my intentions and want to start a conversation supersedes another’s right to avoid one” is the one of entitlement.
You can’t know how a person will respond to an attempt to start a conversation before you attempt to start one, so by your logic no one should ever talk to anyone ever.
If a person doesn’t want to talk, they can say so directly (or more likely come up with some other excuse to evade it). But striking up a conversation in and of itself violates nothing.
The attitude that you are always in the right trying to have a conversation is entitled. Sometimes, you will be right, and sometimes you will be wrong. It’s up to you to be respectful when you are wrong.
I never said otherwise. Show me where I said “If someone makes it clear that they don’t want to talk to you, you should force them into a conversation with you to assert your dominance.” You can’t, because I didn’t say that.
What I said was that there’s nothing wrong with trying to strike up a conversation, so whatever additional layers you’re trying to add onto that are merely strawmen.
Sometimes, there is something wrong trying to have a conversation. Just because you don’t know, doesn’t make it right.
Not to say you should feel bad about it or anything. You didn’t know.