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Re:Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectua... by rootusrootus on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @05:53PM (#34812074)
You attack the idea, not the person.

If you go after the person, you are not participating in any marketplace of ideas, you're now the one committing the violence.

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Re:Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectua... by vannevar on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @06:19PM (#34812397)
What if instead of verbally attacking a single person, you verbally attack a group of people? Is that committing violence?
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Re:Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectua... by Zetice on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @07:01PM (#34812860)
Isn’t that what’s happening? “The idea is repulsive so expressing it has consequences.”

Seems to be about the idea to me.

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