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One response I'm seeing is "Yeah but they probably didn't mean that!" I get where that comes from, but intent isn't the only arbiter of harm
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The intense focus on "did the agent in question mean to do harm" aligns with a larger, cultural over-focus on willful individuals and>
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>a lack of awareness or interest in the ways that unintentional and negligent practices can produce shitty effects.
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Put more simply: Hey Nintendo, if intentional, that's real shitty. If unintentional, consider being more aware in the future.
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To those saying that this reads like I'm saying "be mad regardless of intent": 1. "Consider being more aware" isn't particularly angry.
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2. There are absolutely cases where "honest mistakes" are so negligent that anger is a practical response.
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In any case, I'm not responding to ppl not because I'm not interested in talking abt this, but bc my mentions are too fast to keep up with.
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btw I was not referring to this triple negative as a good tweet. Watch yourself :p
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Intent isn't an "arbiter of harm" at all. It's a prerequisite for culpability in harm. At least among thinking persons, dolt.
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That's just not true at all though? There are countless ways in which you can be culpable through negligence w/o intent.
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there's absolutely no conceivable way that wasn't the intended meaning. there's two clear GG references in a row
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Tell that to the hundreds of strangers who've @'d me in the last few hours to yell 'watergate.'
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austin i am here to tell you that those people suck and i am very sorry they are in your mentions
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When there is no intent, there is nothing wrong, it's up to the one who is offended to simply ignore what offends them.
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You understand that, even legally speaking, you can be in the wrong despite having no malice or ill intent, right?
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That depends on who's eyes you're looking through. From the looks of it, everyone is in the wrong through the eyes of Quinn.
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Not to mention that the "5 guys" reference guarantees the fact that it IS a GamerGate joke :(
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"The affair began with the arrest of five men for breaking and entering into the DNC" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal …
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I'm so exhausted by people telling me it's a watergate joke How would this even make it remotely ok
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