(April 29, 2019 at 10:05 am)pocaracas Wrote:(April 29, 2019 at 9:22 am)madog Wrote: Yes violence is incorrect, but someone that purposefully uses speech in a manner that makes violence more likely shares in the resposibility .... There
Can I use the short skirt example again?
"someone that purposefully uses [short skirts] in a manner that makes [rape] more likely shares in the resposibility "
Victim blaming.
No. Putting on a skirt is an apparel choice, not an abusive behavior.
Let's not forget that Just Some Bully's verbally abusive tirade was being ignored/dismissed to start with.
His response was to further escalate the situation by resorting to hate speech and attempting dehumanize and humiliate every person in that bar with black skin.
His behavior was clearly in breach of the peace, to my observation. In Virginia, he could have easily been charged with Curse and Abuse.
If he didn't want violence, he shouldn't have engaged in vile and likely unlawful behavior to such a degree.
Common sense.
You can call that victim-blaming if you like, but the truth is he chose to continue to aggressively infringe on rights of strangers to go about their lives and peacefully mind their business free from abuse; verbal or otherwise. Just Some Bully was not the sole victim in that scenario.
