Can you be neutral and confrontational at the same time?

I was speaking to a friend on her views of neutrality and the difficulties when contrasting positive and negative confrontations with network ties.

I couldn’t fathom (being such a brutally honest person) if I was being too harsh in certain situations

OR if my confrontation helped my relationships for the better.

We all know it can be very hard to be neutral when expectations haven’t be met with friends or relationships for example.

These expectations can be placed on us from a very young age when we grow up to believe (if it’s morally or not) that something is “right” in terms of judgements and ideals. So when something or someone tests and challenges our expectations, do we gain power by sitting back and not reacting to a situation or do we lose our power when we confront someone about it? Is this acceptable in terms of neutrality?

Can we be neutral and confronting at the same time?

* Can you confront people by asking questions and being engaged in topics and discussions and still be neutral?

* By asking questions, you allow for the flow of peoples thoughts and ideas. Questions are subjective to each person whether it provokes a person in a situation or not, is up to the personal alone through interpretation.

* However, some may represent their ideas in a lighter manner which might not be seen as provoking or attacking someone in a sense.

* People might tend to exert neutrally yet they might become confrontational within themselves which can depend on everyone’s social setting and how they chose to present themselves.

* They can be used differently and separately even though it taps into you mentally. For example, neutrality might have more to do with how you perceive and your viewpoint on a certain topic whereas confrontation has more to do with morals, expectations and interpretations.

—> This is how we can gather that they can or can’t be exclusive.

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Another point to bring up, if we were all remained neutral, would it be seen as boring? Or even somewhat fake?

But in terms of what is accepted within society? Maybe is it best to “bite our tongue” sometimes?

For me personally, not so much. Obviously I have a filter but for my inner peace and self growth I’d rather confront the situation.

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Obviously this isn’t a light topic because everyone’s takes confrontation differently especially because there are negative connotations and people can ultimately get hurt.

I’m not saying confront everyone (that’s not what I’m saying). But people associate confrontation as something destructive when it can also be constructive. It can be feedback which may help us function “successfully” within society and a social setting.

Success however, is open to interpretation and unique to every person and certain personal expectations.

Regardless, does it really have to be a Bad thing if we grow, develop and learn from it? It allows us to state facts and truth to some extent and It can also be a sign of respect and maturity.

Maturity being something similar to neutrality where it takes time to achieve. No ones born with it obviously but you mature and remain neutral though experiences.

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They say you have all the power when you don’t react to people that want a reaction from you. But confrontation taps into your inner self in terms of being fully in control of situations which means you have the power regardless. This can be a step towards neutrality and a better state of mind.

Lastly, YOU ultimately decide how you react. Which gives you the option of being neutral in any situation.