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Frank Hubeny
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Suppose someone says something like the following as the OP quoted:

If you don't think those are a crime, you are not adult enough or logical enough to have a conversation with me.

This is a threat by the speaker to punish the one who doesn't agree with what is called "the silent treatment". Wikipedia describes the silent treatment as follows:

Silent treatment (often referred to as the silent treatment) is refusal to communicate verbally with someone who desires the communication. It may range from just sulking to malevolent abusive controlling behaviour. It may be a passive-aggressive form of emotional abuse in which displeasure, disapproval and contempt is exhibited through nonverbal gestures while maintaining verbal silence. Clinical psychologist Harriet Braiker identifies it as a form of manipulative punishment.

It is an attempt to convince the other person to agree when the other person does not agree without using an argument.


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Wikipedia, "Silent treatment" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_treatment

Suppose someone says something like the following as the OP quoted:

If you don't think those are a crime, you are not adult enough or logical enough to have a conversation with me.

This is a threat by the speaker to punish the one who doesn't agree with what is called "the silent treatment". Wikipedia describes the silent treatment as follows:

Silent treatment (often referred to as the silent treatment) is refusal to communicate verbally with someone who desires the communication. It may range from just sulking to malevolent abusive controlling behaviour. It may be a passive-aggressive form of emotional abuse in which displeasure, disapproval and contempt is exhibited through nonverbal gestures while maintaining verbal silence. Clinical psychologist Harriet Braiker identifies it as a form of manipulative punishment.

It is an attempt to convince the other person to agree when the other person does not agree without using an argument.


Reference

Wikipedia, "Silent treatment" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_treatment

Suppose someone says something like the following as the OP quoted:

If you don't think those are a crime, you are not adult enough or logical enough to have a conversation with me.

This is a threat by the speaker to punish the one who doesn't agree with what is called "the silent treatment". Wikipedia describes the silent treatment as follows:

Silent treatment (often referred to as the silent treatment) is refusal to communicate verbally with someone who desires the communication. It may range from just sulking to malevolent abusive controlling behaviour. It may be a passive-aggressive form of emotional abuse in which displeasure, disapproval and contempt is exhibited through nonverbal gestures while maintaining verbal silence. Clinical psychologist Harriet Braiker identifies it as a form of manipulative punishment.

It is an attempt to convince the other person to agree without using an argument.


Reference

Wikipedia, "Silent treatment" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_treatment

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Frank Hubeny
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Suppose someone says something like the following as the OP quoted:

If you don't think those are a crime, you are not adult enough or logical enough to have a conversation with me.

This is a threat by the speaker to punish the one who doesn't agree with what is called "the silent treatment". Wikipedia describes the silent treatment as follows:

Silent treatment (often referred to as the silent treatment) is refusal to communicate verbally with someone who desires the communication. It may range from just sulking to malevolent abusive controlling behaviour. It may be a passive-aggressive form of emotional abuse in which displeasure, disapproval and contempt is exhibited through nonverbal gestures while maintaining verbal silence. Clinical psychologist Harriet Braiker identifies it as a form of manipulative punishment.

It is an attempt to convince the other person to agree when the other person does not agree without using an argument.


Reference

Wikipedia, "Silent treatment" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_treatment