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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence#Non-physical https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence#Non-physical
by 7afc2c69fd4fde6 11y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence#Non-physical https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence#Non-physical
- wlesieutre 11y agoI mean, if I stretch the definition far enough, Ghandi's nonviolent protests were actually a (nonphysical) violent assault on the East India Company. So it's a question of where you want to draw a line. Wikipedia talks about nonphysical violence in the context of a "power relationship," where someone with a significant amount of power/control over the victim is the instigator. Things like emotionally abusive relationships. A bunch of people with no direct authority over you trying to get someone fired for inappropriate behavior doesn't fit that narrative. If you told me people were violently going after someone's job, 100% my assumption is going to be "so they burned his garage down and threatened that his house is next unless he quits?" (or something along those lines). Calling phone calls and #FireBob tweets coming from people of no authority "violent" is an attempt at grabbing all the emotional baggage that comes with the word and attaching it somewhere that it doesn't belong.