• SheDiceToday@eslemmy.es
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    1 year ago

    if you insult someone so that they punch you, it’s your fault

    That’s not quite true. That’s speech that you can be arrested for.

    For use of force, or throwing a punch, here’s the justifications for force in one of the states in which I’ve had to work with the law: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.9.htm#9.22 Look at 9.31(b)(1). It specifically says that force is not justified based on verbal provocation alone. It doesn’t matter what they say. As long as the speech doesn’t constitute a threat, then you cannot swing freely and claim self-defense as a legal defense.