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hydroxylGroup
12y ago
But that's how smears work. The whole point is to cause deep consternation, because dangerous questions might reflect poorly upon the person that asks them. So, when confronted with a delicate social scenario that threatens our better
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hydroxylGroup
12y ago
So, like maybe he gave her a black eye, and a fat lip? Did her clothes get ripped? Was there lasting evidence of a serious assault? Did he knock her down a flight of stairs, and the kick her the stomach until she shat blood? Or did he just
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hydroxylGroup
12y ago
That would be a form of "threatening" or maybe "menacing", and yeah, it's intimidation, but I wouldn't count it as an attack.
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hydroxylGroup
12y ago
> during which time he attacked her Still sounds kind of vague. What, precisely, does the word "attacked" refer to?