I read the part after “or” as extending the frame beyond reputation risks, and I was pleased to see that and chose to engage with it.
Ah, gotcha. This makes sense– thanks for the clarification.
If you look at my comments here and in my post, I’ve elaborated on other issues quite a few times and people keep ignoring those comments and projecting “PR risk” on to everything
I’ve looked over the comments here a few times, and I suspect you might think you’re coming off more clearly than you actually are. It’s plausible to me that since you have all the context of your decision-making, you don’t see when you’re saying things that would genuinely confuse others.
For example, even in statement you affirmed, I see how if one is paying attention to the “or”, one could see you technically only/primarily endorsing the non-PR part of the phrase.
But in general, I think it’s pretty reasonable and expected that people ended up focusing on the PR part.
More broadly, I think some of your statements have been kind of short and able to be interpreted in many ways. EG, I don’t get a clear sense of what you mean by this:
It’s not just “lower risk” but more shared responsibility and energy to engage with decision making, persuading, defending, etc.
I think it’s reasonable for you to stop engaging here. Communication is hard and costly, misinterpretations are common and drain energy, etc. Just noting that– from my POV– this is less of a case of “people were interpreting you uncharitably” and more of a case of “it was/is genuinely kind of hard to tell what you believe, and I suspect people are mostly engaging in good faith here.”
Ah, gotcha. This makes sense– thanks for the clarification.
I’ve looked over the comments here a few times, and I suspect you might think you’re coming off more clearly than you actually are. It’s plausible to me that since you have all the context of your decision-making, you don’t see when you’re saying things that would genuinely confuse others.
For example, even in statement you affirmed, I see how if one is paying attention to the “or”, one could see you technically only/primarily endorsing the non-PR part of the phrase.
But in general, I think it’s pretty reasonable and expected that people ended up focusing on the PR part.
More broadly, I think some of your statements have been kind of short and able to be interpreted in many ways. EG, I don’t get a clear sense of what you mean by this:
I think it’s reasonable for you to stop engaging here. Communication is hard and costly, misinterpretations are common and drain energy, etc. Just noting that– from my POV– this is less of a case of “people were interpreting you uncharitably” and more of a case of “it was/is genuinely kind of hard to tell what you believe, and I suspect people are mostly engaging in good faith here.”