When it comes to determining responsibility, there is a distinct difference between making an intentionally misleading statement and making a cryptic or vague statement with the intention of providing clarification if it is requested.
I cannot take responsibility for the lenses through which others see the world. I can attempt to work with those lenses, but that’s a matter of good faith, rather than a matter of obligation.
Communication is the result of both an encoding and a decoding. I can only make “best efforts” to encode it so that it can be decoded, but sometimes there will be incompatibilities. At that point, both parties ideally will take on the responsibility of finding where the disconnect exists and how to bridge it. But that isn’t always the case.
This is not an ideal world, there are not enough spoons, too many knives, and not enough sharing of soup.
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