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Remedy for Defensiveness: Rather than defend yourself, accept some personal responsibility.
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Defensiveness on a particular detail of the post is bad because it clouds the judgment and often puts one on the defensive for the entirety of the post.
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Defensiveness and anger aren't exactly surprising responses.
As we're looking through our prison bars do I see mud when you see stars? shweta_narayan 2010
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The Four Horsemen are Criticism ("You are always whining"), Contempt ("You're a basket case"), Defensiveness ("I'm not the problem, you are!") and Stonewalling (withdrawing or becoming silent).
Why Men Don't Listen to Women Ph.D. Robert Leahy 2011
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Defensiveness and fearfulness led left observers to reject this simpler (and correct) explanation, to read the evidence in a highly selective way, to lash out at those whom they should have supported, and so to reinforce the combative character of a political discourse that now sickens many Americans.
Archon Fung: Public Deliberation: The Left Should Learn to Trust Americans 2010
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Defensiveness, confrontation and belligerence have no place in such a sacred place as the local election department.
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Defensiveness and fearfulness led left observers to reject this simpler (and correct) explanation, to read the evidence in a highly selective way, to lash out at those whom they should have supported, and so to reinforce the combative character of a political discourse that now sickens many Americans.
Archon Fung: Public Deliberation: The Left Should Learn to Trust Americans Archon Fung 2010
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Defensiveness in the face of feedback is a hallmark of addicts of any type.
Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks: Tiger's Big Question: Did You Learn Anything? 2010
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Defensiveness in the face of feedback is a hallmark of addicts of any type.
Tiger's Big Question: Did You Learn Anything? Kathlyn 2010
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Defensiveness, confrontation and belligerence have no place in such a sacred place as the local election department.
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