I am not an expert in NVC, but my understanding is that avoiding unintentionally coercive language is one of the chief goals. I certainly wouldn’t claim that it

I am not an expert in NVC, but my understanding is that avoiding unintentionally coercive language is one of the chief goals. I certainly wouldn’t claim that its title is rhetorically neutral. Picking apart the fine distinctions between violence and coercion is something I’m happy to leave to the philosophers.