> *b. *to distort or twist the sense or intention of: the reporters did violence to my speech.
Violent speech, at least of late, is more defined as inciting hate crimes and actual violence. Perhaps we should use "cruel" here. > In fact if you are repeatedly trying to complain about something that has already been addressed, or cannot be changed, or is outside of the scope of a conversation, then yeah I would agree that is whining. > repeatedly trying to argue with him repeatedly trying to defend himself and resolve the situation* > Frankly reputation and standing do matter here. I have seen Eli be very curt with people in the past and I am not surprised that people have taken offense. But I haven't ever seen Eli do this without some justification, > , then I am personally OK with that As a professional environment, this is definitively not okay. Also see our CoC. > bully -* 1. * A person who is habitually cruel or overbearing, especially to smaller or weaker people. -- Best, polyzen
