• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      He’s a ridiculously successful pop star! His PR team has a PR team! There’s at least a handful of people whose sole full time job is to make sure that he doesn’t make any mistakes out of ignorance that might make him look bad.

      This was on purpose and with all pertinent information available.

      • 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚐@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        Hanlon’s Razor has been weaponized too many times

        And the rich, affluent, and powerful are thankful for it.

        An act of malice is a crime.
        An act of stupidity is specifically not.

        Whom does Hanlon’s Razor benefit?
        An accosted’s peace of mind, or an accoster’s ass?

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          10 months ago

          Ignorance of the law is not a defense and stupidity definitely leads to about the same amount of crimes as malice.