I think its more that the racist words and racists violence are not two seperate entities that can be tackled independently

And thats what the person is attempting to do, essentially cut one head off the hydra knowing 2 more will emerge

The common link is not just the words, its not just the violence, its that and the infinite spectrum of ramnifications of people thinking there are greater and lesser people than themselves

Yes violent acts are worse than verbal acts Traumas should not be compared, all victems are valid, and words can be used violently.

But racism is bigger than words and violence, and saying "oh the racist violence is worse than the racist words, so we should be focusing in on the violence" is ignorant, and purposefully looks for a tree so as to not see the forest.

Racism is born of generational societal systemic levels of suffering - it requires generational societal systemic levels of healing to reduce its harm.

I imagine the poster was arguing against punching Nazis.

Which come on, no people were ever hurt by punching Nazis.

Judging by the response to OOP, I’d guess the original context was somebody punching a racist or something. IE if my guess is right OOP is saying [anti-racist] violence is worse than [racist] words, which explains the negative reaction

If anyone has a source for this to confirm/deny it’d be appreciated tho

Honestly I wish my parents would have just beat me

Racism isn't just verbal. It is violent and deadly. Racist violence is just as deserving of being considered violence. Racism is often violent. It should not be categorized as a thing you can compare to violence because racism is also violent.