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Speech as Violence
==Violence as a Sin==
==Violence as a Sin==
In [[Christian]] thought, violence can include any [[sin]] that is malicious, but does not use the human intellect. As well as direct physical violence, [[Dante's Inferno]] categorizes [[tyrant|tyranny]], [[suicide]], [[self-harm]], [[blasphemy]], [[usury]] and [[homosexuality]] as forms of violence. The last three are considered the most serious forms, as the violence is directed against [[God]] or [[nature]].
In [[Christian]] thought, violence can include any [[sin]] that is malicious, but does not use the human intellect. As well as direct physical violence, [[Dante's Inferno]] categorizes [[tyrant|tyranny]], [[suicide]], [[self-harm]], [[blasphemy]], [[usury]] and [[homosexuality]] as forms of violence. The last three are considered the most serious forms, as the violence is directed against [[God]] or [[nature]].
==Speech as violence==
In recent years, left wing polemicists have expanded the above definition to include saying words that the listener does not want to hear. So, if a Wake Forest law professor reads aloud a Supreme Court decision that contains a racial slur, students will contact the Dean to complain that the law professor committed "an act of violence" against them.<ref>{{cite news|work=Brietbart|url=https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/03/31/wake-forest-reprimands-law-prof-for-reading-racial-slur-in-famous-supreme-court-opinion/|title=Wake Forest Reprimands Law Prof for Reading Racial Slur in Famous Supreme Court Opinion|date=March 31, 2020|accessdate=2020-09-09}}/ref>
In August 2020, a business USC professor who is fluent in [[Mandarin]] explained to his class that native-speakers say the word "nèi ge" repeatedly just as English speakers say um or er. Some members of the class complained to the Dean that he was using a racial slur causing them great pain. He was suspended from teaching.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-05/usc-business-professor-controversy-chinese-word-english-slur|title=Controversy over USC professor’s use of Chinese word that sounds like racial slur in English|date=September 5, 2020|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=2020-09-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://reason.com/2020/09/07/letter-from-usc-marshall-school-of-business-alumni-about-the-neige-prof-greg-patton-controversy/#more-8083348|title=Letter from USC Marshall School of Business Alumni About the "Neige" / Prof. Greg Patton Controversy|date=Sept. 7, 2020|accessdate=2020-09-09}}</ref>
==See also==
==See also==