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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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
#NotAll are often accused on defensiveness & needing to just assume speaker didn't mean 'all.' -
Methinks the objection is a silencing attempt so they can continue to mean all, but unapposed
End of conversation
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