Violent speech defined (5 posts)

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  • Profile picture of Alex Hardman Alex Hardman1p said 16 hours ago:

    What does verbal violence constitute? ”We” agreed that we’re against it, but we didn’t define it very clearly.

    Some think that anything resembling aggressive speech is violent (e.g. ”Fuck the Police” or ”No Justice, No Peace”). They equate this type of speech with hate speech and bullying.

    Others take a more narrow definition, limiting violent speech to speech that openly advocates for violent actions (e.g. ”Pull them from their horses”). They believe this allows for a more aggressive tone and a more clear expression of anger and disgust.

    I believe that an open and frank discussion about this and perhaps eventually some proposal to define violent speech should come out of this. Thoughts?

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  • Profile picture of Alex Hardman Alex Hardman1p said 15 hours, 59 minutes ago:

    Position #1
    Some think that anything resembling aggressive speech is violent (e.g. ”Fuck the Police” or ”No Justice, No Peace”). They equate this type of speech with hate speech and bullying.

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  • Profile picture of Alex Hardman Alex Hardman1p said 15 hours, 59 minutes ago:

    Position #2
    Others take a more narrow definition, limiting violent speech to speech that openly advocates for violent actions (e.g. ”Pull them from their horses”). They believe this allows for a more aggressive tone and a more clear expression of anger and disgust.

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  • Profile picture of Alex Hardman Alex Hardman1p said 15 hours, 56 minutes ago:

    Now, what I’d like to see is that people can directly vote on a position (if they are comfortable doing so), as well as comment and be part of the discussion about which position (or how we better define those positions, or additional positions) until we have a working definition that we can use.

    Working defintion:
    Violent speech is speech that incites or condones physical violence.

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  • Profile picture of Effie Effie said 3 hours, 58 minutes ago:

    How is “F**k not profanity? How is F**K the Police not targeted profanity? Do you really believe families and elderly will join marches and rallies where F**K the Police is chanted?

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