The idea intention doesn't matter, only impact is untrue in reality and removes all need to take responsibility for your own perceptions
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And it should be clear that we bear some responsibility for how we receive things.
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Aggression relies on an attitude. If someone perceives words as aggressive, they could be right or wrong about this. The speaker knows.
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Which isn't to say it can't be pointed out they could seem that way & once it has been, speaker has responsibility to take that into account
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To think about it. They don't have to agree with the assessment or change their speech but they know the possible impact now.
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A lot of this is down to the 'death of the author' idea where the speaker does not own the only meaning to his/her words.
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Which is useful to a certain extent. I can read a book differently to how the author intended me to take it & this can be telling.
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But this has been twisted around to the author being both dead and responsible for the reader/listener's perceptions.
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In some cases. People replying
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And it would say a lot in terms of what kind of behavior you could expect from him in the future, and the future is all that really matters.
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I agree with this, but don't the "intentions don't matter" crowd usually say this about people denying the harmful effects of their actions?
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Imagine if he thought the elbow wasn't an issue, or worse, he thought it would cure your hiccups?
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Granted, I would deny "harmful effects" of a Mariachi costume, but this would be a point of contention.
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