It's a very classical form of abuse rationalization.
[Punches you in the face] "You're a fucking pussy, I barely even touched you. If I had wanted to hit you, I would have knocked you the fuck out!"
It's also defensive rhetoric If they try to hurt people and fail, they claim that nothing happened. This is the schtick they used against Jordan Peterson.
"No one's tried to cancel Jordan Peterson, he wrote a fucking book complaining about how oppressed he was!"
In reality, their attacks failed and he succeeded despite slander, defamation, lible, calls for his removal from UofT, calls for his fucking arrest, etc. He survived the attack, so therefore nothing happened to him.
In case you think that's a fake screenshot: https://archive.is/DO1fK
He says even dumber shit: https://archive.is/FUlg8
That's actually the same sort of shit people used to excuse the USSR.
It's a very classical form of abuse rationalization.
[Punches you in the face] "You're a fucking pussy, I barely even touched you. If I had wanted to hit you, I would have knocked you the fuck out!"
It's also defensive rhetoric If they try to hurt people and fail, they claim that nothing happened. This is the schtick they used against Jordan Peterson.
"No one's tried to cancel Jordan Peterson, he wrote a fucking book complaining about how oppressed he was!"
In reality, their attacks failed and he succeeded despite slander, defamation, lible, calls for his removal from UofT, calls for his fucking arrest, etc. He survived the attack, so therefore nothing happened to him.