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Then:
  • Is it acceptable for the state to make hurtful words illegal?
  • Is it acceptable to use physical violence to defend oneself against hurtful words?
102 sats \ 1 reply \ @sox 1 Oct
I’d have to say no and no.
But to make no and no work in real life, we have to invest on mental health awareness and wellbeing. Both to make people generally better than what they are, and also to make people resist better against mental violence.
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But how would you justify the "no", and "no", when we currently accept the state making physical violence illegal, and even endorsing physical violence as a proper response to defend one's self against physical violence?
And further, if there are people who oppose government spending on mental health awareness, or people who do not acknowledge the importance of mental health, such that mental healthcare in the country never gets better, when does physical violence become justified, if ever?
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