It seems to me that a variety of statements made on this site which aren't actually sweeping generalizations are often heard as such. The trouble is, when statements are interpreted as being all-encompassing, and people are offended on behalf of not only themselves but of entire populations.. that's a lot to manage. Maybe a more effective way to go about interpreting the statements of others would be not to assume that the motives of those holding different viewpoints are any less noble than one's own; certainly they are not so to them.

I do think framing things from one's own perspective is the best way to go about things, not being overly dogmatic, and I'm a big proponent of that. It's why I try to more frequently use terms like "it seems to me" and "you might want to consider" rather than things like "people should" or other such absolutes. Just including the word "maybe" more often than "is" makes it all so much friendlier, and open (I have to remind myself of that one sometimes). People are just so conditioned to hearing dogma though, in my opinion.