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Clearly you haven't been exposed to much of the underbelly of the internet. Words can translate to physical harm and actions in the real world, and do regularly
by petee 3mo ago
Clearly you haven't been exposed to much of the underbelly of the internet. Words can translate to physical harm and actions in the real world, and do regularly
- 0x3f 3mo agoI grew up on the internet, I doubt there's any level of textual depravity I haven't seen.
- Larrikin 3mo agoThis sounds like a disingenuous argument to actually try to argue for more racism. Every kid in the world has been called stupid by a classmate and knows that words aren't meaningless.
- 0x3f 3mo agoWho said that words are meaningless?
- Larrikin 3mo agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48620564 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48620564 >> if words had no power, we wouldn’t fight so hard to protect them from government abuse. >People fight hard for all kinds of nonsense. https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonsense https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonsense
- 0x3f 3mo agoI think you've failed to understand the words in question, rather than them being meaningless
- chipsrafferty 3mo agoI think you're a troll who should be banned from this site for wasting everyone's time.
- 0x3f 3mo agoHm, can't really have engaging discussions with people who just don't understand what's being said. Can't force the information into their brains so we can do that either. Not sure which action you'd like me to take to improve this situation, then.