I don't get it. You appear to me attempting to make the case that it was simultaneously actual praise, and calling it backhanded. These ideas are not compatible. Something is not "close to praise," either it is, or it isn't. This clearly wasn't.
It's good that you (unlike OP) acknowledge that it wasn't. Because that, as I said, is retarded.
What in God's Green Earth does your post title have to do with the post in the link? There's literally no relationship there whatsoever.
Then you reply first to your own post.
What even is this Op-Ed bullshit. You're the worst.
Painting it as actual praise is retarded.
When someone says "Aw, that's so good...for you," I hate to break it to you but they're not actually being nice.
I don't get it. You appear to me attempting to make the case that it was simultaneously actual praise, and calling it backhanded. These ideas are not compatible. Something is not "close to praise," either it is, or it isn't. This clearly wasn't.
It's good that you (unlike OP) acknowledge that it wasn't. Because that, as I said, is retarded.