To call this advice insensitive would risk according it the status of a blunt truth.
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In fact, the blunt truth was that he hated the place.
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The phrases 'the blunt truth was' and 'the fact was' recur like a musical chorus, and should have been deleted by a diligent editor.
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She speaks the blunt truth rather often, refusing to soften her words, as she feels this would dilute the truth of the matter.
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