Representing your internal state is bothersome when it’s significantly subtle, with a first impression misleading and clarification difficult. It’s just not efficient, so you round up in the direction that won’t raise an issue instead of being direct. This seems like manipulation (eluding notice as the goal of concealing the most salient aspects of a position), but I think it’s commonplace and not seen as manipulative.
Perhaps we just don’t think of that as being calculative?
So this seems right, deliberate speech you don’t approve of is branded “calculative”, but the same weapon is not used on the speech you accept. It’s like reverse motte-bailey where a (superweapon) category inflates when you are on the offensive (motte-bailey is where a category shrinks when under attack).
Representing your internal state is bothersome when it’s significantly subtle, with a first impression misleading and clarification difficult. It’s just not efficient, so you round up in the direction that won’t raise an issue instead of being direct. This seems like manipulation (eluding notice as the goal of concealing the most salient aspects of a position), but I think it’s commonplace and not seen as manipulative.
So this seems right, deliberate speech you don’t approve of is branded “calculative”, but the same weapon is not used on the speech you accept. It’s like reverse motte-bailey where a (superweapon) category inflates when you are on the offensive (motte-bailey is where a category shrinks when under attack).