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R Mercer's avatar

I have seen real harm done with words. This is particularly true with adolescents. There is an amazing number of insecure and easily triggered people in the world, particularly younger people. This has become even more prevalent in our "socially engaged" social media world, where all you actually have are words.

Words are far more dangerous than you seem to think. Their effects more far-reaching than you think. I have studied language and its use and misuse for several decades and people always underestimate the power of words or somehow think that their use and effect is less severe or powerful than something like hitting somebody in the face.

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Liberal Cynic's avatar

There's a reason totalitarian governments jail the intellectuals.

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