Recycling an old post:

> We had the first 4+ years to learn that "malice or incompetence" is not the right question. There's been more than enough pathological input to show it becomes a denial-of-service attack on observers.

> The correct answer is both, until and unless the perpetrators wish to come forward and defend themselves as just malicious or just incompetent.

One might also view it as a kind politically-flavored nerd-sniping. [0] Sometimes the only winning move is not to play.

[0] https://xkcd.com/356/

Malicious incompetence. The inbred kissing cousin of malicious compliance.