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Originally Posted by murraypaul
Words are capable of great damage. If we help people early on not to place too much importance on what other people say, that damage can be minimized.
It is also, in some situations, just plain common sense.
Not that it is your fault you were a victim, but that you can take actions to minimize your chance of becoming a victim.
If you walk into the worst part of town flashing a wad of money around you are probably going to get mugged.
Is it right that you get mugged? No it isn't.
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Both of these are examples of fighting the symptom rather than the cause.
Instead of focusing on reducing the power of words we should focus on the people inflicting damage with those words.
Instead of saying ‘well you did this what did you expect was going to happen’ we should focus on the people who actually made whatever happen.