eldritchsandwich:

memattbe:

froborr:

tinsnip:

Don’t assume malice. Assume ignorance. Life is easier, the world is kinder, and you can educate. Actual malice is pretty rare, I find. 

Always remember Hanlon’s Razor–”Never assume malice when incompetence will suffice as an explanation.”

That’s said, never forget Fred Clark’s Law, either: “Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.” There’s a certain point at which ignorance becomes malice–at which there is simply no way to become that ignorant except deliberately and maliciously.

#Deep Throat’s Law:#“the truth is these are not very bright guys and things got out of hand.”

The Consequences of both Malice and Incompetence are the same for the victims making it the duty of the competent to keep people who are Malicious and or Incompetent away from positions where they can do harm because Malicious people want power and don’t care who they hurt and Incompetent people think they would do great things with power and will ignore any evidence that they are not doing a good job.