It’s all good. Cutting out those conditional statements can make a huge difference.

“If anyone breaks into my house and starts raping my wife, I will feel absolutely nothing about setting a human being on fire.”

Becomes,

“I will feel absolutely nothing about setting a human being on fire.”

You still said what you said, but the conditional statement is always a necessary context. The second statement makes me sound like a psychopath. The first makes me sound like someone willing to temporarily become a psychopath to protect my wife and avenge her honor. Maybe not MUCH better, but it’s a difference worth noting.

All sorts of fake news LOVE cutting out conditional statements, because things sound insane when you remove the “if this happens” part from it first.

Yeah, cutting out those conditional statements can make a huge difference.

“If anyone breaks into my house and starts raping my wife, I will feel absolutely nothing about setting a human being on fire.”

Becomes,

“I will feel absolutely nothing about setting a human being on fire.”

You still said what you said, but the conditional statement is always a necessary context. The second statement makes me sound like a psychopath. The first makes me sound like someone willing to temporarily become a psychopath to protect my wife and avenge her honor. Maybe not MUCH better, but it’s a difference worth noting.

All sorts of fake news LOVE cutting out conditional statements, because things sound insane when you remove the “if this happens” part from it first.