Responding to words with violence?

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(03-07-2017, 08:29 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I thought this deserved its own thread since certain people among us seem to lack the moral courage to actually answer this question. 

Is it ever acceptable to respond to words with violence?

My answer is no, it is not ok to use physical violence because you dislike someone's words, their political, racial or religious opinions.  The fact that this is even a topic for debate is a bit disturbing to me. 

I too would say no based solely on political, racial, or religious opinions. As to "ever acceptable" that is harder to answer. 

We had a Westboro group here picket a Military funeral here and that escalated; however no one got violent. Now if the Soldier would have been my son or one of my Soldiers, the outcome might have been somewhat different.