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I don't think the author knows the definition of "violence"
by 67726e 10y ago
I don't think the author knows the definition of "violence"
- bballer 10y agoYeah he used the term "violence" as a drop in substitute for the term "troll". Not to dismiss that one can incite or promote violence via trolling, but they are not unanimously equivalent.
- dspillett 10y agoI think he has a fair idea: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/violence http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/violenc... 2. Strength of emotion or of a destructive natural force
- golemotron 10y ago2 devalues 1. Don't do it.
- michaelbuddy 10y agoYou're broadening / redirecting that definition. One can have violent feelings or reactions to something, such as someone suffering PTSD, mental breakdown, emotional reaction to medicine. But one can't just claim that words that they don't like spoken by someone are violence committed on them. At that point you get into the "you're raping me with your thoughts" and that's just irrationality. If one were irrational words will no longer retain meaning anyway.
- MustardTiger 10y agoHe does, he is being deliberately dishonest to get attention. Ironic, given his criticism of twitter as a medium.
- thex10 10y ago'An action that intentionally hurts other people' sufficed for me. Why do so many HN commenters have trouble reading this simple idea?
- 67726e 10y agoBecause for most folks it's always meant physical harm. People using "violence" to describe being insulted are trying to capture the emotional value of the real definition to add weight to their argument. All this does is devalue the word.