Violence Definition Debate

Commenters debate the definition of violence, particularly whether non-physical actions like censorship, deplatforming, or harm-causing behaviors qualify as violence versus mere inconvenience or force. Discussions include accusations of advocating violence and distinctions between physical and structural harm.

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brianbreslin Oct 20, 2010 View on HN

what do you mean by violence? care to elaborate (and explain the correlation)?

DEADBEEFC0FFEE Oct 16, 2019 View on HN

Violence isn't always physical.

thriftwy Sep 20, 2017 View on HN

It's not "inconvenient". It's violence. Is violence just inconvenient for you?

robbrown451 Dec 18, 2017 View on HN

Pretty sure the common definition of "violence" excludes such things.

yaur Feb 21, 2017 View on HN

I think it's naive to assume the "without violence" part

mbowcutt Jun 8, 2018 View on HN

You can say that about violence in general

colordrops Feb 25, 2022 View on HN

Or maybe violence is still bad.

okasaki Mar 15, 2022 View on HN

You literally are advocating irl violence though.

There is a bunch of violent people who would disagree.

y4mi Jun 26, 2022 View on HN

Please don't advocate for violence, even if it's only in jest.