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"Claiming" is an odd word choice, since we don't have any reason to expect that they're lying. Even if we reject innate dysphoria or whatever, it's ridiculously easy to self-modify into being more easily upset (even unintentionally).
I know, I still don't see the point of humoring the people who do so.
I just thought it was important to point out, because there's a significant difference between humoring people who are pretending to be easily upset and handling people who are actually easily upset.
If you refuse to humor someone who is easily upset, he will (possibly after a tantrum) become less easily upset. If you humor someone who is easily upset, he will become even more easily upset.
Interesting. My experience dealing with easily-upset people is limited, so this is good to know.
The amusing thing is that even liberals apply this knowledge when dealing with easily upset people who are in their actual outgroup.