81% agreed that, “Words can be a form of violence”

Posted by Solver 7 years, 7 months ago to Education
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In a free speech survey of 800 full time undergrads, responses were fairly rational, until the section titled, “Hate speech”

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  • Posted by $ Snezzy 7 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You don't need to SAY it, but only to think it. Your silence or astonishment at a suggestion that the First and Second Amendments are outdated is ample evidence of your hatefulness.

    Oh, and don't say the words thoughtcrime or George Orwell, either.
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  • Posted by 7 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Physical violence is just one of the logical consequences of forcefully censoring sharp ideas.
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 7 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Speaking of knives, knife violence in London is epidemic. Why? Well, guns were outlawed!
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  • Posted by Riftsrunner 7 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Unfortunately, it is only violent from people who don't agree with them. Their speech is protected by the Constitution, while their opponents' speech is Hate Speech and must be prosecuted. So they can attack the right leaning President, but you're a racist, sexist, homophobe, transphobe for questioning a left leaning President.
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  • Posted by $ Suzanne43 7 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Absolutely, but don't hold your breath. To them, it's not hate speech against the president... just rational, intelligent thinking. Remember during the campaign when a Snowflake saw, "Trump" written in chalk on the sidewalk. She was in tears and had to go to her safe place. If you're a Liberal, then anything a Conservative says can be turned into hate speech.
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  • Posted by 7 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    It’s worse than that! It magically becomes justifiable to get the “perpetrator” that used words charged with committing a violent crime.
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  • Posted by $ WilliamShipley 7 years, 7 months ago
    And, of course, if words are a form of violence then it is acceptable to use physical violence in response.
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  • Posted by 7 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    If they continue to have their way, the jails will be full of “criminals” who have spoken offensive words. “Offensive” redefined as, actions and/or words leftist don’t like.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 7 years, 7 months ago
    Progressives and their little liberal retarded siblings have confounded the meaning of normal everyday words so much that they totally or conveniently forgot that Hate requires "Physical" animosity...so speech, unless accompanied by a swift bop upside the head...is not hate.
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  • Posted by Dobrien 7 years, 7 months ago
    Great then lock the liberals all up for violence against the president.
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  • Posted by 7 years, 7 months ago
    “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me” was a typical response taught to young children against personally offensive speech. Nowadays kids are purposely being taught that words can be violent, and violence must be stopped! Therefore the words must be stopped. Therefore the people speaking those words must be stopped. Therefore...
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