habitual sanewashers are incredibly uncomfortable to talk to or be around
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RT @mattyglesias
Someone says something whose plain meaning is extreme, objectionable, and absurd but the sanewasher rather than pick a fight or defend the absurd statement insists that the statement actually meant something else. https://twitter.com/thecodedmessage/status/1407719763799908352
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1407720072542576645
especially when they go in with the "OBVIOUSLY they didn't mean <literally the words they used>" like you're the crazy one for taking anyone at face value