Comment on A postal worker in Harlem attacked a trans woman. She fought back and fatally stabbed him in self-defense. This is how the NY Post framed it.

• loudwhisper@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Stabbing has always the risk of being fatal. No slur deserves death.

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  • flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Punching someone also has the risk of being fatal.

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    • loudwhisper@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Absolutely, but a much much lower risk than a stab. Since we are reasoning on the morals and not from a purely rhetorical point of view, we can’t consider them the same. Also that’s why I specifically said “slapping” in my example. Slapping is still physical violence, it’s still an attack, but it’s an example of something that doesn’t warrant a potentially fatal response.

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    • Ferretyfever0@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Pretty sure that neither of them are Mike Tyson, so uhhh

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      • flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        “Punching someone in the head can be just as fatal as stabbing.”

        I’m genuinely surprised people don’t know this.

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