re: Can words hurt you?

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It depends totally on who the person is delivering them. A random guy on the street says “frick you” and I shake it off. If it were my son, father, or spouse saying it, I would have a different perspective.

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I understand that the degree to which you feel the words is relative to who is saying them but is it EVER reasonable to retaliate with lethal force?

That is what is being considered here

Are we heading down a path in this country where feelings are so delicate that we start classifying words as assault and/or battery?