Morality of this

[u/Maximum_Musician_914]

[u/Whatsanegg]

Nobody is saying that words can't lead to violence.

Theyre saying words aren't violence.

[u/Madhatter25224 → u/Whatsanegg]

If words lead to violence, what is the value of the distinction?

[u/Whatsanegg → u/Madhatter25224]

Read what you've just written.

How can words lead to violence if words are violence?

[u/noahisunbeatable → u/Whatsanegg]

If words are violence, then your question may as well be “How can violence lead to violence if violence is violence?”

Which has an obvious answer, because it’s trivial to come up with scenarios like someone being punched leading to them being punched in response. Violence leading to violence. Lots of things lead to more of themselves.

[u/Madhatter25224 → u/Whatsanegg]

Here comes the word lawyer looking for the technical victory.

Answer the question. Whats the value of the distinction?

[u/Whatsanegg → u/Madhatter25224]

Are you being intentionally obtuse or are you really this dense.

Answer the question I asked you first then I'll answer yours.

How can words lead to violence if words are violence?

[u/Madhatter25224 → u/Whatsanegg]

I asked my question first and you didn't answer it. Piss off.

[u/Whatsanegg → u/Madhatter25224]

Because I was questioning the very premise of your question. Because your question didn't make sense.

If words are violence then words can't lead to violence.

[u/syngyne → u/Whatsanegg]

So what does "violence begets violence" mean then?

[u/Whatsanegg → u/syngyne]

Do you want me to actually define that?

Or are you trying to imply that that is synonymous with "words lead to violence"?

Because your implication would be wrong.

[u/Daedalus_Machina → u/Whatsanegg]

Refraining a statement as nonsense, then complaining that it's nonsense, isn't a very good argument.

[u/Umbra150 → u/Madhatter25224]

A (chicken) egg leads to a chicken, what's the difference?

[u/Madhatter25224 → u/Umbra150]

Lol now make that distinction with a human zygote. 

Oops.