Favourite other comment not to use (from personal experience, but I expect it gets used in a lot of situations): "I don't want to sound/be cruel/rude/mean, but...." Just saying that you don't want to be something doesn't make it so. And you're actually pointing out that you are being deliberately nasty, but want to be forgiven because you know you're doing it. The world doesn't work that way.
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"I don't want to sound/be cruel/rude/mean, but...."
Just saying that you don't want to be something doesn't make it so. And you're actually pointing out that you are being deliberately nasty, but want to be forgiven because you know you're doing it. The world doesn't work that way.