> This IS violence and it's a way of silencing gay people. Dehumanization is violence. This type of speech is why gay people are marginalized and why they feel the need to keep their sexuality a secret.
I'm against dehumanisation, silencing and marginalisation. I don't agree that speech can be violence.
I think it's important to make this distinction. Do you really want to disslove the distinction between someone beating you up, and someone saying nasty things to you?
Violence is beating you up. Saying nasty things may be bad, but it's not bad because it's violence, whoever you say it to.
It may change someone's logic, but whether the nastiness is addressed to one person or a multitude doesn't change my logic. Verbal "violence" isn't violence.
I'm against dehumanisation, silencing and marginalisation. I don't agree that speech can be violence.
I think it's important to make this distinction. Do you really want to disslove the distinction between someone beating you up, and someone saying nasty things to you?