Speech is Not Violence—But Silencing It Sure Is Once upon a time, sticks and stones broke bones, but words? They never hurt us. Today? Say the wrong thing on campus, in a meeting, or online—and you might as well have thrown a punch. That’s the upside-down logic infecting America’s youth. And it’s not by accident. This isn’t about protecting feelings. It’s about weaponizing feelings to destroy the First Amendment. The indoctrination of our young people into believing that “words can be violence” is one of the most dangerous cultural shifts in American history. Why? Because once you accept that speech is violence, the next step is simple: justify actual violence to silence that speech. And we're already seeing that play…
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