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Disagreeing with me produces stress hormones which cause actual harm to my body. Ergo, you commit violence against me when you dispute positions I hold. Stop th
by jfnixon 8y ago
Disagreeing with me produces stress hormones which cause actual harm to my body. Ergo, you commit violence against me when you dispute positions I hold. Stop the violence, confess you are wrong, and agree with me before I have you arrested for assault and battery.
- jeromebaek 8y agoDon't be silly. The actual harm must be systematic, unescapable, and perpetuated over a power imbalance over a long period of time. Are any of those conditions satisfied in this case? No.
- mpweiher 8y ago> Don't be silly "When something is "silly", this is an important sensation you should grasp at, not dismiss, because silliness is nothing but a reveal of your innermost biases." Hmm...
- modells 8y agoIs this sarcasm? (prays despite being atheist) If not, your own stress hormones are your own problem, no one else’s. Nuance, rather than black&white extremist thinking, is in order... assault is getting up in someone’s face. Battery is an act of physical violence. When we start conflating speech, assault and battery, the world is headed into the shitter.
- mpweiher 8y agoYes, I clearly saw it as sarcasm, though Poe's law...