Under conflict, hierarchical talk shifts to simplified claims hard to counter.
Evidence
However, they are usually in the foreground as long as there is no conflict. In the event of conflict, vertical communication quickly shifts to concise, highly simplified or generalized statements that are difficult to counter at the content level. In addition, positioning in space plays a special role in vertical communication, which can reflect differences in rank, distance, ignoring, but also deliberately unpleasant closeness. — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice, 582
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Modern communal hostilities distort opponents’ views as much as medieval ones did. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1494