Intent matters. It's only a provocation if it's meant to be a provocation. Otherwise it's mere faux-pas, at worst. What's more, you don't necessarily know eve

Intent matters. It's only a provocation if it's meant to be a provocation. Otherwise it's mere faux-pas, at worst. What's more, you don't necessarily know everything about a person. I would not know anything about RMS's political opinions if I had not read his website a bit, I would only know him for his stance on free software.