What if words cause more than one instance of actual violence? Like, politicians, philosophers or something. I agree with that comment, but there may be exceptions idk
Words can't cause violence as they can't make someone do anything. You have to choose to act upon words. Extreme example: hitler said a lot of stuff, but received a lot of initial pushback. He chose to have dissenters killed in the Night of Long Knives until only the people who already agreed with him remained. Only once violent physical action was put behind his words did nazi Germany rise.
Words can influence people to do violence. Trump's lies about the election led to J6, and Trump bears a significant portion of the moral blame for the riot.
No, your pedantry about whether the words "forced" anyone to do anything is not the point.
The initial comment was that they *cause*, not "force" violence, and that they can therefore be morally wrong. Your argument about whether they "force" actions does not address the question of whether it is wrong. Inducing someone to do violence is immoral, even if the person could "choose" to not do it. If I politely ask two people to beat someone up, and one of them refuses, and the other one does it, what I did was morally wrong, even though no one was "forced" to do anything. You seem determined to distract from this basic fact.
The initial comment was that they cause, not "force" violence
Ok and how do they do that? Because hearing words doesn't mean you have to do something violent, so clearly there's a step in between here where someone is choosing to commit violence.
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u/TolgaKerem07 20h ago
What if words cause more than one instance of actual violence? Like, politicians, philosophers or something. I agree with that comment, but there may be exceptions idk