05-23-2022, 12:57 PM
(05-23-2022, 12:08 AM)JasonBlack Wrote: Here's one: legalize some level of physical retaliation against those who continually provoke attacks. There are people who are respectful because they value it for its own sake, but frankly, for everyone else, there needs to be some implicit threat of "I might get punched if I try to pick fights with too many people". An example of what I mean: if someone routinely disrespects your mother, you are 100% justified in punching them in the face, and you should not face legal charges.
While we're at it, I would argue that people are a little too reliant on government structures to provide punishments for bad behavior. There needs to be more room for private citizens to do the same things in many contexts.
I can't go there with you, or with libertarianism in general. We need the government. Self-defense is a valid reason for violence, recogtnized by law. Being insulted is not. Respect and uphold the law, and our rights to be activists to change it.