It seems pretty obvious what the intentions of the men [EDIT: described in the article] here were, so I'm not sure why anyone would bother stating that if they

It seems pretty obvious what the intentions of the men [EDIT: described in the article] here were, so I'm not sure why anyone would bother stating that if they didn't intend it to convey anything additional. Given the relative number of times I've seen people say things like "just trying to score a date"to defend sketchy behavior compared to anything else, it's honestly hard for me to imagine _not_ having a viscerally negative reaction to that phrase. I recognize that everyone has different experiences, so the way they'll interpret ambiguous language will vary, but my good faith response to something like that is genuinely just..."yikes".