A distinction without a meaningful difference. Throwing a punch at your spouse but missing is still you throwing a punch at your spouse.
Just because you didn't make contact doesn't mean you aren't a danger
A distinction without a meaningful difference. Throwing a punch at your spouse but missing is still you throwing a punch at your spouse.
Just because you didn't make contact doesn't mean you aren't a danger
Fuck that, Israel should be carved out of Texas, not Palestine.
It will be much more cost effective to deliver our lethal aid within our own borders rather than across the Atlantic.
physical violence.
actually inflicting physical harm
What am I missing here? You don't think 'physical violence' implies 'physical harm'?
I'm pretty sure Minnesota imports something like 60% of our energy - i'm at least glad we're past the worst of the winter weather but holy fuck is it going to suck
Idk but your little asspats are quite enjoyable if i'm being honest
Sorry, I must have mistook the multiple posts about this as an invitation for engagement
Goodness gracious, we are having quite the day with this.
Idk man, I don't know many people who care this much about defining gender to the exclusion of others that aren't fostering some form of bigoted prejudice, but you do you bud.
Given your exclusionary rhetoric I think it's an apt comparison.
Maybe deal with your own prejudice instead of seeking validation in these silly support groups.
No, that’s for you and your ilk to decide, of course, and to call anyone who disagrees fascists and transphobes.
I haven't called you a transphobe, at worst I accused you of being exclusionary, which as far as I can tell is actually what you are trying to be
No, because the weaponization of race as a point of comparison to gender is done so specifically because of it's historical context - even though it is just as much of a social construct.
It's apples and oranges, but if apples had been enslaved on the basis of not being bananas for centuries, and oranges were being accused of not being a real fruit at all.
Get over yourself. It's not for you to decide what identities are legitimate or not.
Nah man, I don't think that matters.
In the context of domestic abuse, it doesn't matter if your spouse leaves a mark or physically injures you, it still creates an environment of fear for your physical safety. Displaying any willingness to cross that boundary with your spouse creates fear that they could cross it again, or go further. That's what makes 'beat your spouse' such an evocative description to begin with. It isn't supposed to be a precise classification of the type of violence you committed against them, just that you violated that physical barrier that shouldn't be crossed. You can play semantic games and try finding a less objectionable term for it if you want, the truth is that even a slap or a shove is a severe betrayal of marital trust, and undermines the feeling of security that every person has a right to in their domestic environment. I think "beat" is a perfectly fine word to describe someone who willing to do that to their spouse.