The threat from within

Re:The threat from within by richardwhiuk on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @09:59PM (#13702602)

Why are open calls to violence the standard? How marked does the call need to be? What does the violence need to look like? Is displacing people a violent act? Is yelling abuse at people a violent act - or are we so naive that only direct physical contact constitutes a violent act?

This is not an easy problem, and 'open calls to violence' are not a trivial solution.

I also fear universities which seek to over-represent minority points for the sake of balance, in the same way that news programs often do.

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Re:The threat from within by mc32 on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @10:23PM (#13702718)

I think the line has to be physical violence, else we'd allow very few people to speak as any other interpretation kind of dismisses just about anything and everything:

Abortion rights

Abortion opponents

Trade agreements

etc.

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Re:The threat from within by tertius on Thursday February 23, 2017 @09:53PM (#13720496)

> Is yelling abuse at people a violent act

No, it's an abusive act though.

The simple answer to your question is: The definition of violence by the courts is physical.

And it's probably a good decision. Otherwise the rabbit hole will take us bad places.

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