Babel wrote:
Well, in some way they'll always be correct in the assessment of being brutally honest, because it usually means they don't try to pretty up facts or make themselves constructive in their "feedback" of stuff.
With that said, I honestly think brutal honesty is rude. Even if people are directly asking you for an opinion, I still think the classy thing to do, is to be constructive and give some feedback that doesn't make people feel like shit afterwards.