Hey, I’ve got a question for you, actually it is a series of questions, to make it simple.
1. Do you think there is ANY case where it is OK to respond physically to a verbal comment?
This first question is where I started with the “would you hit someone if they called your wife a name”.
There are some here arguing that it is never acceptable to respond physically.
2. Is it ever OK for a woman to slap a man if the man makes an inappropriate statement to her?
I ask this question because there is a long history and tradition of women defending their honor by slapping a man if he makes inappropriate suggestions about her. Do you believe all those women who do slap a man should be subject to criminal charges, or is it OK for women to respond with physical violence?
3. If a person said “I am going to hit you in 3 seconds”, would it be OK to hit them first (a physical response to a verbal statement), or must you wait until they actually physically hit you?
I have never hit a person in my life. I have been hit before; I respond verbally. I never got hit more than once — in the cases where I was hit, passive resistance was a useful response.
Once I actually interjected myself between a violent man and a guy he was kicking who was lying on the ground. I did so non-violently, physically putting my body in between them. I am serious about being personally non-violent. BTW, this tactic worked (my back was to the assaulter) — the guy stopped kicking, and did not touch me.
One time I grabbed a bat out of someone’s hand at a softball game during a brawl. I had moved myself to the stands, and managed to grab the bat in a non-threatening manner. I was not attacked in response. I’m not stupid enough to have actually tried to get in between two people trying to hit themselves with bats, plus I was a college summer intern at the time and the others were all adult full-time workers with the company.
I do have a plan which involves physical force, if I ever determine that an attacker means to harm me and won’t be stopped by passive resistance (which is actually non-resistance — I did not defend against blows either). I’d like to think I’d survive, but I’d have to be pretty desperate because I find that once you return blows, unless you disable your attacker you generally just make them madder.
I work around halloween as a haunt monster at a local theme park. Sometimes you make people mad and they want to kill you. I’m really good in those circumstances at avoiding punches and kicks. You hope there will only be one — we are strictly prohibited from touching guests, and I’m ideally suited for that as I have no inclination to do so.
Can I be honest with you since ya seem like a little inexperienced fool?
You really need to read this.
This isn't your Daddy's world where things were settled with little friendly fist fight and handshake...You have no idea nowadays who the f**k you're dealing with out here...
Where ya been Mr. CT?
Your son walks into a bar or restaurant and some drunk calls him a hogjawed bitch and your son don't like it and throws the first punch...How in hell does he know this isn't some 2 timer with nothing to lose with a knife he'll stick in your son's neck?
How do you know this drunk just didn't lose his wife in a crash and is looking to kill someone just for kicks?
How do you know the drunk isn't some deranged lumberhead with a pocket gun who's more than willing to put a bullet in your sons head?
Your driving down the road and some guy flips ya off? Whaddia going to junior? Ya going to show the world how tough you are and chase him down? Do you have any idea who that person is or where his heads at? He could be looking to check out slick...He could be cruising just to hurt... You don't think there are people out here like this nowadays?
Some drunk in a restaurant or bar calls your wife a bitch because she bumped him going out the door...You know for sure the drunk isn't going to shove your teeth down your throat for looking at him wrong? You know for sure the drunk isn't going to put a bullet in your head for saying FU to him? Ya think you get to do this over?
What happens if the drunk has 2 buddies at the bar ya didn't see? Ya think your wife will enjoy watching them stomp you into a hospital room?
You don't think this sh*t happens ever single day in this country? All because someone don't like being flipped off or called a word or ask ya if ya got a problem, in the wrong tone?
Did ya learn nothing from the Zimmerman case?
Have you not learned this is no longer your Daddy's America where disputes were solved with a fist fight and a hand shake?
This sh*t happens all the time junior....All the time! So much so, you don't even hear about 98 percent of these incidents unless your a local to it.
Hey, but you be my guest Mr. CT and every time someone says something you don't like, feel free to be the first to physically attack them...
I have no problem with you doing that. Honestly!