Hi, I tried to find an old Etiquette thread but didn't except for the Musical Etiquette one, which isn't on point. The question is, if people make incorrect assumptions about an individual based on the content of one's posts, is it rude not to correct them? I mean, will people feel "tricked" if these misapprehensions are ignored and then later you find out that you were wrong and allowed to go on thinking you were right? The reason I ask is that I prefer not to correct conclusions that have been jumped to incorrectly, unless the incorect assumption is something I find insulting. For example, I've had people assume from my comments that I was gay, which I'm not, but since I am "straight but not narrow" I don't find that worth correcting. I just don't care if you think I'm gay. But it might come up some day in a conversation that I am straight, and I don't want the folks who were allowed to keep their conclusions to then feel as if I tricked them.

But my question is, is that rude?