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167 sats \ 2 replies \ @Scoresby 22h \ on: 91 percent of College Students Say "Words can be Violence" (Reason, JD Tuccille) Politics_And_Law
I'm curious if anyone has written a history of this concept. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me was a thing as early as mid 19th century, so when did "words are violence" start?
Not specifically about "words are violence", but Carl Trueman wrote a history of expressive individualism, which is the philosophy most closely associated with "words are violence" because it prioritizes the subjective experience of the internal self over external, objective reality.
The book is called "The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self". I highly recommend it.