DHH: Calling someone a "Nazi" is a permission slip for violence

Re:DHH: Calling someone a "Nazi" is a permission slip for vi... by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF on Friday September 26, 2025 @07:31PM (#45392100)

> I see it as a great sign of maturity and civilization that we can make a firm distinction between words and violence.

I see it as a great sign of maturity and civilization that we can understand the dangers of speech without minimizing and dismissing them.

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Re:DHH: Calling someone a "Nazi" is a permission slip for vi... by redbar0n on Sunday September 28, 2025 @05:50PM (#45408410)

Distinguishing speech from violence is not to dismiss the potential for speech to cause hurt feelings.

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Re:DHH: Calling someone a "Nazi" is a permission slip for vi... by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @08:11PM (#45432860)

> hurt feelings

This is an example of how the violence of speech is often minimized and dismissed. Causing hurt feelings is violence, particularly doing so intentionally.

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Re:DHH: Calling someone a "Nazi" is a permission slip for vi... by redbar0n on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @04:15PM (#45442851)

I did not dismiss speech’s potential to cause hurt feelings, I acknowledged and affirmed it. It is not to be taken lightly. Yet, we need an effective demarcation between speech and physical action, where resorting to physical action is deemed even more severe than words. So which one do you propose?

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Re:DHH: Calling someone a "Nazi" is a permission slip for vi... by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF on Sunday October 05, 2025 @09:15AM (#45481264)

> So which one do you propose?

I've used an example in this thread: "physical violence". That shit ain't hard, just stop saying speech can't be violence when it obviously can be.

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