I have a bad taste in my mouth or the phrase because I saw someone wielding it as a weapon at others. Its been a few years, so I don't quite remember the detai

I have a bad taste in my mouth or the phrase because I saw someone wielding it as a weapon at others. Its been a few years, so I don't quite remember the details unfortunately. The funny part is the person wielding it was playing politics in every avenue and was continually degrading trust and yet demanding our trust back by saying we should "assume positive intent". (they came into our project without understanding the challenges we had or the problem we were solving, tried to throw everything out, and then with upper management present, gave a "decision making" presentation that only led to their solution as being picked)