Researcher James Piazza told Helsingborgs Dagblad that harsh word choices by politicians can significantly impact political violence in the United States. He stressed that such language can have real consequences for public safety.
Piazza also described how language has a huge psychological impact on people's perceptions. He noted that it can affect whether individuals consider it acceptable to harm others. Details of the specific evidence or recent incidents prompting this discussion, as well as the methodology used, were not provided in the report.
Language can have a huge psychological impact on whether people think it is okay to harm others or not.