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12. Is physical violence an acceptable response to linguistic violence?

Wed Mar 30, 2022, 12:01 PM

Mar 2022

In most cases, I would say it is not. Smith, and/or Pinkett-Smith, could have confronted Rock about his comment without resorting to physical violence.

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Will Smith, Chris Rock, and when words are violent, too [View all] Jilly_in_VA Mar 2022 OP

FACT NOT IN DISPUTE: Will Smith laughed at Chris Rocks GI Jane joke ...... too. uponit7771 Mar 2022 #1

Are you familiar Jilly_in_VA Mar 2022 #3

No, stop ... WS should have the courage to have no laughter at all. WS wasn't uncomfortable ... uponit7771 Mar 2022 #7

No stopping. Words are abusive and hurtful. LakeArenal Mar 2022 #27

We agree words are hurtful disproportional response make things worse uponit7771 Mar 2022 #36

Well as long as a person not the target of the "joke" maybe found it funny for a second meadowlander Mar 2022 #41

I laugh at people that are calling jokes about appearance art ripcord Mar 2022 #2

i got bullied plenty in the schoolyard. none of them ever joked that i looked like robert redford. unblock Mar 2022 #22

That's your perception of what happened. Not everyone's. LakeArenal Mar 2022 #28

Certainly true. unblock Mar 2022 #32

I still get teased about my baldness. The old man down the road tells everyone I use ivory soap for Emile Mar 2022 #34

Fun fact: words actually don't hurt if the one hearing chooses not to let them do so Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2022 #4

Post removed Post removed Mar 2022 #8

Will Smith is not a little kid. BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #18

Okay, you're right, young people need to grow this ability it's not innate Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2022 #19

One cannot "choose" in any moment how they feel. There is not a little ghost in the machine RockRaven Mar 2022 #23

Good thing you weren't a disabled or out LGBTQ teenager. LakeArenal Mar 2022 #29

They do when you get fired or miss out on a promotion or have to work ten times harder meadowlander Mar 2022 #42

If the subject is "linguistic violence," then what about... dchill Mar 2022 #5

So, as I read it Bettie Mar 2022 #6

That's hardly what I'm talking about Jilly_in_VA Mar 2022 #9

If anything that offends someone is 'linguistic violence' Bettie Mar 2022 #16

Tell that to every disabled, LGBTQ,or the kid that is just different... LakeArenal Mar 2022 #30

That just adds to the idea that Bettie Mar 2022 #37

Sorry you went through all that Bettie robbob Mar 2022 #39

Thanks Bettie Mar 2022 #43

Thank you Bettie for sharing that! Emile Mar 2022 #44

No more movies. No more tv shows. No more books. LexVegas Mar 2022 #10

Chris Rock's joke would have been right at home coming out of the mouth of a schoolyard bully ripcord Mar 2022 #20

So, violence was an entirely rational and expected response Bettie Mar 2022 #21

I read that the are/were friends that knew of the condition LakeArenal Mar 2022 #31

I've read the opposite Bettie Mar 2022 #38

Fucks sake greenjar_01 Mar 2022 #11

+1 unbelievable that some people are making excuses for violence! Emile Mar 2022 #13

Is physical violence an acceptable response to linguistic violence? Chautauquas Mar 2022 #12

No, no, and just no Jm7603 Mar 2022 #14

Because war in Ukraine iemanja Mar 2022 #15

while i welcome the discussion about verbal violence, this is hardly the best situation to use unblock Mar 2022 #17

This. BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #24

Yes. Whether his laughter was genuine or not, he was professional until he clocked jada's reaction unblock Mar 2022 #26

Well said my friend (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2022 #25

"Is what I'm about to write going to sound like parody?" Sympthsical Mar 2022 #33

Down the rabbit hole Johnny2X2X Mar 2022 #35

Sticks and stones may break my bones..... BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2022 #40

+1 treestar Mar 2022 #46

No. Mere words will not be elevated to the level treestar Mar 2022 #45

Locking thread MustLoveBeagles Mar 2022 #47