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Are words peace?

It's a Really Bad Idea to Tell Students Words Are Violence

A claim increasingly heard on campus will make them more anxious and more willing to justify physical harm.

theatlantic.com

Jul 29 2018 · 9:07 PM

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"And when memory failed and written records were falsified—when that happened, the claim of the Party to have improved the conditions of human life had got to be accepted, because there did not exist, and never again could exist, any standard against which it could be tested." - Orwell, 1984

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Welcome new followers and old. Just one word, and maybe I will pin it . . . but that word is actually a few words: this is MY page for posting things that interest ME. There is a bizarre and I think violent tendency to try to control the lives of others. I am here to share what I...See more

Tech conferences that have "fireside chats" without a real fire are phonies. When Minds has a conference there will be a real fire.