The other day, I saw a post which had this screenshot in it

People pointed out that “June” not only called a trans person a slur (ok*ma), they also said “go and do what the person in Nashville did”. Then, “June” argued “where did I say anything about a shooter” and “you can’t speak for my intentions”. They also made the same argument to defend Elon Musk when he made a Nazi salute. “You cannot speak for other people’s intentions” they said.

What’s the best way to respond to people who use “you can’t speak for my intentions” to gaslight people, especially when they’re using it to try and get away with saying something terrible?

  • ivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    The best way to get under the skin of people like that is to truly not care and tune them out. It’ll drive them crazy. But you won’t care. It’s the best of both worlds once you get there.

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      13 days ago

      From what I recall, the trans person that “June” is responding to on Discord is Japanese. “June” argued they didn’t know the Japanese language well and thought that “Okama” was something out of the “One Piece” anime.

      They apologized to the trans person when other people, by their own admission, had “convinced” them to do so, saying they did not know Japanese well. Their apology made no mention of the part about them telling the trans person to go and do what the Nashville school shooter (Aiden Hale, who was trans) did.

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    13 days ago

    Intent is the last refuge of the scoundrel. Dont discuss intent, always discuss behavior. Intent= When i stabbed my sister 84 times I was trying to save a puppy and slipped. Lets discuss how awesome of a puppy saver I am instead. Youre right to recognize this as gaslighting.

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      13 days ago

      While I agree with most of what you are saying, I don’t think this is an example of gaslighting. This is just run of the mill dishonesty.