Are they? I find your claim of not meaning to offend a bit disingenuous.
If someone steps on my toes, and I say, "Hey, you stepped on my toes and that hurt." and they say, "Sorry, I didn't mean to." and then they try not to step on my toes any more, then I will believe them that their intentions were good and they accidentally hurt me.
If someone steps on my toes and I say, "Hey, you stepped on my toes and that hurt." and they say, "I didn't mean to, so I'm going to keep stepping on your toes and you shouldn't be hurt by it because my intentions aren't to hurt you." and then they go around stepping on my toes whenever they feel like it, then I'm not going to believe that they actually care whether or not they hurt me.
So, it does seem like at the very least, you don't care whether or not disabled people are harmed by what you do. If you did care, then why wouldn't you try to not harm them? Your actions are in conflict with your statements. I'm not clear why people ought to believe that your intentions aren't to harm others given that. Can you tell me why I should believe someone doesn't mean to harm me if they outright tell me they will take actions I have told them will harm me? Or why I should assume good intent from bad actions when I know someone is aware of the fact that their actions are harmful? Why shouldn't I use the most obvious assumption that they mean the effect that they have been informed will happen from their actions?
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Date: 2011-02-02 11:08 pm (UTC)From:If someone steps on my toes, and I say, "Hey, you stepped on my toes and that hurt." and they say, "Sorry, I didn't mean to." and then they try not to step on my toes any more, then I will believe them that their intentions were good and they accidentally hurt me.
If someone steps on my toes and I say, "Hey, you stepped on my toes and that hurt." and they say, "I didn't mean to, so I'm going to keep stepping on your toes and you shouldn't be hurt by it because my intentions aren't to hurt you." and then they go around stepping on my toes whenever they feel like it, then I'm not going to believe that they actually care whether or not they hurt me.
So, it does seem like at the very least, you don't care whether or not disabled people are harmed by what you do. If you did care, then why wouldn't you try to not harm them? Your actions are in conflict with your statements. I'm not clear why people ought to believe that your intentions aren't to harm others given that. Can you tell me why I should believe someone doesn't mean to harm me if they outright tell me they will take actions I have told them will harm me? Or why I should assume good intent from bad actions when I know someone is aware of the fact that their actions are harmful? Why shouldn't I use the most obvious assumption that they mean the effect that they have been informed will happen from their actions?