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by DiscourseFan 954 days ago
That is true, I was only thinking about political or social discussions, not personal attacks. But I suppose its different if you're, say, living in the West Bank, and someone online is discussing how Israel's "right to exist" justifies their encroachment in a way that has personally affected your own livelihood--what is the difference there, between the personal insult and the broader political discourse?

Though there is definitely a distinction between those who are relatively secure in their lives, and who get "offended" if you question that security, and those who are endangered and fighting for their own livelihood involves these sorts of social discussions. But I don't think we can broadly categorize who is "endangered" and who isn't, because then there is the danger of those who are secure claiming insecurity on the basis of a classification alone, and using it to deflect such aformentioned criticism. Such categories are revealed through struggle, not before or outside of it.