alt Hacker NewsMost people just means physical violence when they say violence, if you use the word differently you will trick many people into thinking you say something you don't.
Most people just means physical violence when they say violence, if you use the word differently you will trick many people into thinking you say something you don't.
“Most people” once thought depression was laziness and marital rape was impossible. Appealing to what most people think isn’t clarity, it’s inertia. Language changes because our understanding of harm does. The fact that many still default to the physical doesn’t make the rest untrue - it just shows how far denial can pass for common sense.