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Verbal battles are not like physical battles. The later lead to harm and death, the former - to some form of truth.

• dylan604 4y ago
  That's a lot of dumbing things down there. If you think verbal battles have never caused harm, then I would love to live in your bubble. As much as I'm ashamed of it now, I was verbally abusive in my younger days. You can speak to anyone of the people on the receiving end on just how not non-harmful it was. I still blame that behavior a lot on how I was treated by a parent. Once I recognized that I was just behaving the same way was when I finally consciously tried changing. I was close to 30, so there was a long wake of damage.
  • lostmsu 4y ago
    People tend to confuse cognitive dissonance with damage. If you speak of speech consisting of only personal attacks rather than a heated debate, you are right. But I think this discussion is not about simple slanging matches.
    • dylan604 4y ago
      "Cognitive dissonance is a term for the state of discomfort felt when two or more modes of thought contradict each other." If you think that's all verbal abuse is about, then my friend, you really should look into this more before posting things in an all knowing sounding manner on a public forum. I'm happy you've never been exposed to true verbal abuse.
      • lostmsu 4y ago
        Did you grok the second part of the comment?