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elias7

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6. That's not really fair

Reply to ismnotwasm (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 12, 2014, 03:17 PM

Sep 2014

I read and reread that post all morning and I don't feel you're fairly characterizing the disagreement. Can't we agree that all violence is despicable but borne of several different impulses, hate being one of them, but not the source of all violence?

My understanding is that domestic violence is more a problem of power and control. I feel there is room to discuss the difficulty people have equating control and power with hate without sniping at them from another thread.

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Remember Reeva Steenkamp, and the thousands of other women killed by men every year [View all] theHandpuppet Sep 2014 OP

K&R with sadness. brer cat Sep 2014 #1

... littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #2

I'm so glad you got out, too!! theHandpuppet Sep 2014 #3

I too am very glad you managed to escape that situation. nomorenomore08 Sep 2014 #9

In the meantime ismnotwasm Sep 2014 #4

Was that here on DU? theHandpuppet Sep 2014 #5

That's not really fair elias7 Sep 2014 #6

Without significant long term historical context ismnotwasm Sep 2014 #7

Understood... elias7 Sep 2014 #8

But where do you think such an intense desire for "power and control" comes from? nomorenomore08 Sep 2014 #10

I don't think it's from hatred elias7 Sep 2014 #12

... nomorenomore08 Sep 2014 #11