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Speech cannot be violent. To the downvoters: speech cannot be violent, by definition. Using your own private definition of a word—in this case, violence—withou
by DATACOMMANDER 7y ago
Speech cannot be violent.
To the downvoters: speech cannot be violent, by definition. Using your own private definition of a word—in this case, violence—without making an explicit disclaimer is inherently deceitful.
- DanBC 7y agoBuy a dictionary. Volence doesn't have to use physical force.
- manfredo 7y agoViolence does refer to direct physical harm. There's a subset of people, predominantly in the social sciences, that is trying to redefine violence to include things like "economic violence" and "social violence" (e.g. breaking up with an SO you don't like, or not being friends with someone anymore). This is not the average person's understanding of the word, and personally I feel that it drastically washes down the meaning of violence. If these things constitute violence then lots of violence is completely legal. In fact, you commit violence probably every day when you decide who to be friends with and who not to be friends with, who gets hired, etc.
- whenchamenia 7y agoIt explicitly does. But it doesent always even infer harm. I can swing my arms violently, and not hurt anyone.
- Kalium 7y agoHaving checked one, I found this: "the use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy" Would you care to offer a different definition?