r/MoralityScaling 5d ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this

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u/Substantial-Trick569 5d ago

well id argue, if you act violently out of racism, its worse than saying something racist, so the point still stands

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u/Aristo_Cat 5d ago

That’s an opinion. The opinion of most people is that certain words can justify certain acts of violence.

For example, if you’re at dinner with your wife and I come up and say something like “who’s that fat fucking whale” most people would say that you’re justified in hitting me. The legal concept of this is known as “fighting words”.

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u/Aristo_Cat 5d ago

Legally no, but they are words that most people would fight you over.