Quote Originally Posted by Miste View Post
Miste's thoughtful (but very long) post.
I think the bottom line of our disagreement is that we have different functional definitions of the words hurt and violence. I still stand by my meanings for them personally but I understand coming from your views on them why the 'sticks and stones' adage seems outdated and detrimental. Due to some irl experiences with both sides of this coin I understand that my view may be the less common one but that doesn't sway my beliefs in the slightest.

I also don't think that either of us is going to convince the other to switch to our views on hurt/violence so the way I see it we're basically at an impasse.

Ultimately bad people are bad but we are all responsible for ourselves and our actions, be it online or irl. I don't think that one person taking offense from the harsh words of another person is exclusively on either party there - the poster of said words chose to post them and the reader chose to allow them to effect their mental state. If you are incapable of managing yourself in either of these ways (again excluding extreme bullying/harrassment) then perhaps you need to wait on this type of activity until you can.