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The literal definition of the word violence includes more than just person on person harm. For example, "behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, dam
by thegrim33 6y ago
The literal definition of the word violence includes more than just person on person harm. For example, "behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.".
But I guess that's probably next on the list of definitions to be "re-written" by a certain political ideology. Within a few years I bet the current definition will be memory-holed and dictionaries will list a new definition, like so many other words/terms that have had their meanings changed in the last decade.
- spoonjim 6y agoThere aren't any "literal" defintions of words. I can look at a brick in a wall and think it "red" while you think it "purple." Words mean what people think they mean, and conflating personal "violence" with property "violence" erases the essential difference between the two. I can tell you that this kind of "violence," when unaddressed, can easily escalate to the other kind of violence: https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/ceo-beaten-to-death-by-workers-in-noida/story-MB7uW7xQouYiYrU1MCc3TJ.html https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/ceo-beaten-to-death-by-...
- rualca 6y ago> There aren't any "literal" defintions of words. Pretty much every single dictionary managed to get all their definitions of "violence" to point to the same meaning, which includes destruction of property. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/violence https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/violence