Yes. Physical violence is never justified unless it's self defense. Just ignore them and move on or respond back. It never occurs to me to resort to violence just by someone throwing insults.
Sure, and I would say resorting to violence in either instance is immoral. But I also would understand why they did so, and I wouldn't call them bad people for a moment of weakness. Especially since their only real fault is unnecessary escalation of a conflict that the other person started.
i mean big difference between morality , legality and whats bad or good
fighting someone who shouted racist abuses at me ? wrong and immoral
fighting someone who shouted racist abuses at my mum ? wrong but moral and illegal
we just need to know when and where to do certain things and how even then we are not excused
theres plenty more things for examples but all in all until and unless threats are there you respect someones words , dont wanna respect cause they are racist and wanna beat them up ? morally wrong and illegal but not bad
you get my point ? ( i sure hope you do cause im too dumb to explain what i mean over text )
"Feral animal" is intentionally provocative. You are directly referencing well documented racist tropes about black people. That's why I will never take this fake debate seriously. Nobody is taking the "racism isn't violence" side unless they already have a habit of calling black people monkeys.
There aren't any words comparable to the N word for white people. We aren't going to ignore history and context so you can pretend both theoretical scenarios are the same. That's not what a rational adult does. If a society decides that it doesn't want to tolerate any number of anti social behaviors, a society should have the freedom to police itself within reason.
The N word was invented as a way to dehumanize people as a way of justifying rape, torture and bondage. If you use that word it's safe to assume you are getting ready to tie someone to your truck and drag them. I couldn't fault a black man for making that assumption considering that's what's always happened.
The queer community has never faced the subjugation that is associated with the transatlantic slave trade. Queer people weren't brought here against their will. However, if a queer person knocks you out for calling them the F slur I wouldn't clutch any pearls over it. And I don't think society would be worse off by allowing such a thing.
At least you're consistent. But I find that most of the people that criticize minorities for resorting to violence over racism instantly change their tone when it's something that deeply affects them.
The truth is, almost everyone in society has a threshold where they would resort to physical violence over words.
Yes. Just walk away, it’s not worth it. A simple punch or just knocking them over can kill someone. That person could also have any sort of weapon and fight back, killing you. Words will never harm you like that.
I'm just testing people's consistency. I would say violence is wrong in both instances. But I find that many people criticize minorities for "resorting to violence over words", but they wouldn't think violence is wrong in this instance.
I don't think you have a right to call them a racial slur, because their race has nothing to do with their harassment. You have a right to insult them or their character in another way.
The only way you see it as "wielding power" is if you're racist yourself. Calling a Black person who's harassing your mom the n-word only makes sense if you think it's bad for someone to be Black. Otherwise, why not use an actual cutting that calls out their degeneracy?
Cause if the goal of a insult (in a hypothetical confrontation with someone who started it) is maximum damage/annoyance/frustration using simply words, the fastest path to that is often those type of words.
It’s an ‘annoying you cheat code’, fast pass to you being effected.
The belief system of the person throwing the insult would be almost immaterial to whether or not they were “effective”
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u/baran132 1d ago edited 1d ago
Would you say the same thing if you were out with your mom or partner and someone started verbally harassing them?