> assume mistakes are honest and be polite in correcting them.
I think many social activists, esp. those I see on social media, could use a heavy dose of this kind of thinking. People are human, humans make mistakes, and most people I run into in life are too busy with their own affairs to always be perfectly conscious about their words and actions.
Well, the other issue is that if they are constantly barraged by trolls trying to offend them on social media (just because they find offending people to be funny), then it could be more of a "if all you have is a hammer, everything starts looking like a nail" situation.
I think many social activists, esp. those I see on social media, could use a heavy dose of this kind of thinking. People are human, humans make mistakes, and most people I run into in life are too busy with their own affairs to always be perfectly conscious about their words and actions.