I thought about putting the "politics" tag on this, but it's really more about modern culture. It's something I want everyone to be more mindful of. It's about how violent speech is.
Yeah, the people pointing to Biden's previous comments about "putting Trump in a bullseye" are, I believe, intentionally twisting the meaning. They know how it was meant, and their favorite candidate has said and done worse.
But I want us to think about why we talk like that, and the effects of it.
I'm looking at this as a violent trauma survivor with PTSD. I am constantly braced for what might come out of people's mouths. I hate that people start getting ready for Halloween in the middle of summer because I hate that what almost killed me is a big part of Halloween jokes and celebration.
I'm tired of living in a world where people don't think violent speech is a problem until it becomes physical violence.
Why do we talk about making a guess or just giving something a try as
"taking a [violent act] at it"?
Why do people play competitive video games and refer to winning against the other team as "absolutely [violent sexual act] them"?
Why do we say "I could have [violent fatal act] him!" when we're just mad at somebody?
Why are we so comfortable with speaking in violent ways, but then still shocked when violent acts are committed?
And we aren't as shocked as we used to be. We've become numb. A lot of that is because it happens so often.
@weirdfizz I'll take a stab at this one.. it's because we humans are violent animals.