On toxicity in forums

[Miste]

stems from a current issue in our society where too many people have forgotten the second part to the old "sticks and stones" adage.

That sticks and stones thing is utter nonsense is why. It is simply a placebo saying to try to help people cope with the negative emotional and mental affect verbal abuse can have.

Words have power. Words can never hurt is a lie we teach kids to try to tell themselves to bury the hurt and attempt to ignore it.

Not everyone has a strong mental state to cope with verbal abuse. I am not saying this about your situation btw just about that sticks and stones thing you mentioned.

It is a useless adage and just tries to sweep aside the problem of verbal abuse and the damage it can possibly cause to the victim of it.