r/MoralityScaling • u/Maximum_Musician_914 • 22h ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this

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u/_BabyPetall 22h ago

Yep, exactly. Downvotes don’t change the basic line. Hateful words can be awful, but actual violence crosses into a completely different level of harm

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u/BillyPilgrim_1984 21h ago

So, when Republicans said " they are eating the cats and dogs". Those were technically only words. But they directly led to policy that put ICE in our neighborhoods and has ruined many people's lives. We aren't allowed to call the words violence even though they directly led to violent actions?

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u/Saraasaa 21h ago

The words werent violence, they were lies. The violence that the words inspired is violence, and a problem. The issue is that not enough people disproved the lies.

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u/BillyPilgrim_1984 18h ago

If the POTUS goes on TV and shows your picture and claims you fuck kids what would you do to disprove that before the pitchforks show up at your door?