#creepy is much better. I don't like name-calling but I also support punching bullies in the mouth.
like the bullies who slander decades-long beloved celebrities for the crime of denying hillary her turn?
As someone who actually did punch people I perceived as bullies in the mouth for a long time, I don't recommend it.
Everyone glamorizes violence against people we don't like, but it's really short-sighted. And what if you're wrong and you're just being neurotic against someone innocent of what you think they're guilty of? Looking back I realized how meaningless it was, and that's one reason why in The Graysonian Ethic I specifically recommend against using violence as anything but an absolute last resort because it's almost never the answer and almost never ends the way you'd like it to.
Everyone glamorizes violence against people we don't like, but it's really short-sighted. And what if you're wrong and you're just being neurotic against someone innocent of what you think they're guilty of? Looking back I realized how meaningless it was, and that's one reason why in The Graysonian Ethic I specifically recommend against using violence as anything but an absolute last resort because it's almost never the answer and almost never ends the way you'd like it to.
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I think we agree. I don't believe in "punching Nazis" etc. I support responding to people in the way that we're already sure they have acted towards others. In the above example, I was referring to speech only. Name calling name callers is fine and maybe valuable cause the bully personality in my experience attacks those who they don't think can/will fight back. They tend to crumble.
But even with all that, I'm always weary of the externalities. Making the culture more divisive etc.