▲ 1768 ▼ TIL about Earl Silverman, a domestic abuse survivor who founded a shelter for men. It was denied funding from the government and he was ridiculed. The shelter went bankrupt and he died by suicide (en.m.wikipedia.org) submitted 2 years ago by Backlo@lemmy.today to c/til@lemmy.world 286 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] library_napper@monyet.cc -1 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Don't use the words never or always. It rarely leads to an accurate statement I think it makes sense to use violence against people committing genocide, for example permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) violence is a last resort, i just forgot how many pedants exist permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Baines@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* words have meaning, sometimes it is important to be precise mostly not though permalink fedilink source parent [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Committing as in physically committing, sure. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) violence is a last resort, i just forgot how many pedants exist permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Baines@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* words have meaning, sometimes it is important to be precise mostly not though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Baines@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* words have meaning, sometimes it is important to be precise mostly not though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Committing as in physically committing, sure. permalink fedilink source parent