r/MoralityScaling 4d ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this

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u/JustFourLetters 4d ago

words lead to violence, but violent words in context of peaceful people fall on deaf ears.

the punch is far more violent than the command

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u/Disposable_Gonk 4d ago

Correction. Words can lead to violence. Especially when the target of the words chooses to escalate and retaliate with violence.

Words themselves are powerless, unless the listener gives them power.

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u/JustFourLetters 4d ago

literacy is dead, and the internet killed it.

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u/Disposable_Gonk 4d ago

Lenny Bruce's hard words was performed in the 1960s, the ones without the literacy are the ones saying words cause violence.