[pdkl95]

The right[2] looks at intent because that's what matters in a hierarchical view of society. This division is from a fundamental difference in what societies are. This can be observed din how they use language; from one of the most enlightening articles[1] I've ever read:

> One of the biggest problems of the entire Culture Wars is that people like us [the left[2]] use language impart information. We usually are not aware that a nice big chunk of population does not use language in that way at all. Their use of language is that of Phatic Language [...] In a hierarchical society [the right[2]], language is [often] not used for exchange of information [...] It is used to establish social hierarchy.

For a good explanation of how this works, George Lakoff's lecture[3] "Moral Politics".

[1] https://scienceblogs.com/clock/2007/05/31/more-than-just-res...

[2] The "left"/"right" labels are being use in a general psychological sense, which doesn't always match the political groups with the same names.

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f9R9MtkpqM