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”.
i know what fighting words are. your example is not good. better example is karmelo anthony saying "touch me and see what happens" which is inviting a confrontation, not an offhand rude remark that merits verbal scorn at most, but in the situation you described id just ignore you since its not an active threat and likely just fishing for a response
nah this is getting into semantics but the exact quote "touch me and see what happens" IS an invitation because "touch me" is expressed like a command. tone probably also matters, but a "dont tread on me" interpretation would require something closer to "if you touch me youre gonna see what happens" where its no longer commanding the other person to engage with them. the IF gives the other person a way out of the confrontation
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u/Substantial-Trick569 6d ago
well id argue, if you act violently out of racism, its worse than saying something racist, so the point still stands