How I wish never to see the juxtaposition of these two terms "verbal" and "assault".

Submitted by Anon (Israel), Jul 18, 2020 at 20:02

And then we on the right get upset when the far-left pretends words are violent, but it all begins by pretending that "verbal assault" exists, for if it does, then someone can claim to have been assaulted merely because he took offense at some criticism or was insulted - even deliberately - by some term.

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