From verbal abuse to physical abuse

 Mira Al-Bitar, M.Bitar  :

  Verbal violence is a standard of backwardness, and vulgarity is a sign of poorness and declin, The goal of practicing it in many cases of distorted dialogue is to destroy the other or at least soften him up so that he loses the ability to resist, Practicing vulgarity, whether in dealing with the other or with a respected position such as the homeland or the homelands of others and their entities, is like a knockout blow or a pre-knockout blow to the opponent, Practicing verbal violence does not leave physical scars, but it leaves deep psychological scars, The connection between verbal violence and physical violence is deep, and the cause of each is mutual.

 Vulgarity and obscenity are the embodiment of rejection and revenge from the superior party against the vulgar, obscene person, It is a verbal kick with the substance of obscene vocabulary, through which the intention is to tear apart the prey-victim.

Vulgarity and obscenity are expressions of intellectual poverty and a dearth of arguments; expressions of a meager vocabulary, of a mind stagnant with rigid knowledge and ideas that resist change, A stagnant mind produces nothing but vulgarity, inferiority, and degradation, The practice of verbal obscenity requires not intellect, but ignorance. The culture of media-driven verbal violence is cheap, systematic, or a mere display of vulgarity and foul language, Therefore, we find that only those morally bankrupt and those climbing the ladder of mercenary work, descending to the depths of betrayal, distortion, belittling, slander, defamation, paid incitement, and then denying the existence of the other, practice it, In addition, there is the use of ready-made linguistic templates to attach to others, as religious fundamentalism does with takfir (excommunication) and the threat of the relatively empty punishment for apostasy, which for a considerable period lacked any practical substance and is now being used as a threat, indicating the intellectual poverty of those who threaten with it… a mere display!

 Verbal violence is synonymous with physical violence, manifested in the ease with which killing is committed, The barbarity of the word is synonymous with the barbarity of the deed, and whoever begins with the barbarity of the word will end up with the barbarity of the deed, and consequently will end up with more degeneration and decline that is relatively difficult to treat. 

Successfully treating this pathological behavioral phenomenon requires identifying its causes, which vary from one person to another, Ignorance based on an oral culture produces a narrow horizon that prevents one from imagining the possibilities of other thought, Narrow-mindedness is a translation of dogmatism. Here, convincing the person to move away from the culture of absolute truth and rely on relativity is a path to recovery,In addition, there are many treatments such as relying on rationality and moving away from dogmatism and other practices that can be transferred from peoples who have progressed and advanced,Insults are an expression of a repressed revolution or a feeling of a repressed self coupled with weakness and inadequacy, In this state of awareness, there is no escape from resorting  to obscenity, which primarily expresses a state of alienation and imprisonment within the text or within any other prison imposed by the pharaoh or the priest, etc., i.e., the tyrant in general.

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