The target audience doesn’t effect my point at all
But it does. Your point was that it’s “not a defense”. My point was “they’re not trying to defend”. Your rebuttal here is “They’re still not defending.”
At no point in that image does Troi make a defense for her own abilities. She says that people complain about her and then goes onto Vader. So yes. She’s distracting, not defending, but she was never claiming to make a defense in the first place. That does affect your point pretty significantly.
At best, it’s an implied admission, then a distraction to minimize consequences. “Sure I suck. But not as much as this guy! Amiright!?” That’s not really any better.
It’s still trying to distract, rather than defend. The target audience doesn’t effect my point at all.
But it does. Your point was that it’s “not a defense”. My point was “they’re not trying to defend”. Your rebuttal here is “They’re still not defending.”
At no point in that image does Troi make a defense for her own abilities. She says that people complain about her and then goes onto Vader. So yes. She’s distracting, not defending, but she was never claiming to make a defense in the first place. That does affect your point pretty significantly.
At best, it’s an implied admission, then a distraction to minimize consequences. “Sure I suck. But not as much as this guy! Amiright!?” That’s not really any better.