> People who are being oppressed are usually denied > a way of speaking about it.
I have seen that in court. In one instance, a woman was explaining to the judge how her boyfriend abused her. Every time she uses explicit language, the judge stops her and scolds her for using forbidden words. She said "But, your honor, my boyfriend called me a worthless whore, then crammed his cock down my throat. How am I supposed to phrase that?" The judge banged down his gavel several times and yelled at her for using such language and threatened to hold her in contempt if she did it again. The judge then said "it is sufficient if you say he cursed at you and abused you."
Such tame language, of course, does not explain anything to the jury, and makes the jury far less prone to want to put the bastard away for a long time.
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> a way of speaking about it.
I have seen that in court. In one instance, a woman was explaining to the judge how her boyfriend abused her. Every time she uses explicit language, the judge stops her and scolds her for using forbidden words. She said "But, your honor, my boyfriend called me a worthless whore, then crammed his cock down my throat. How am I supposed to phrase that?" The judge banged down his gavel several times and yelled at her for using such language and threatened to hold her in contempt if she did it again. The judge then said "it is sufficient if you say he cursed at you and abused you."
Such tame language, of course, does not explain anything to the jury, and makes the jury far less prone to want to put the bastard away for a long time.