What would you say is the line between inconsiderate, insensitive, and rude speech/interaction and emotional or verbal abuse?
How do you distinguish subtle emotional/verbal abuse from someone who acts like a jerk with little or no awareness of, and thus no consideration of, people's feelings? Someone who interacts in a very selfish, critical and angry way by virtue of their beliefs and lack of people skills?
The question stems form a conversation I had the other day. We were discussing someone specific, and she suggested that he is probably abusive and I said that I'm still not sure. It makes me wonder if I'm condoning this person's behaviour as "he's a jerk who doesn't know any better" when in fact it's deeper than that.
How do you distinguish subtle emotional/verbal abuse from someone who acts like a jerk with little or no awareness of, and thus no consideration of, people's feelings? Someone who interacts in a very selfish, critical and angry way by virtue of their beliefs and lack of people skills?
The question stems form a conversation I had the other day. We were discussing someone specific, and she suggested that he is probably abusive and I said that I'm still not sure. It makes me wonder if I'm condoning this person's behaviour as "he's a jerk who doesn't know any better" when in fact it's deeper than that.