# Pitting Max\_S

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-max-s/959074>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 8, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-max-s/959074 "2022-02-08T00:26:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 180

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-max-s/959074/180 "2022-03-10T17:15:56Z")

</div>

IIRC you distinguished between harm, trauma, and psychic violence.

I even clarified I was not talking about mere stress, here

> [@WV black lawmaker gets email with KKK graphic and anti-abortion message...also sues. Is this right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wv-black-lawmaker-gets-email-with-kkk-graphic-and-anti-abortion-message-also-sues-is-this-right/959845/129):
>
> I assume by trauma you meant psychological trauma. In which case, I reject the premise that an email containing racist symbolism is, _ipso facto_ , certain or substantially certain to cause trauma.
> 
> **I acknowledge that racism and hate crimes can cause the victim to suffer from traumatic stress.** I assumed that only a minority of people of color are susceptible to **attacks** , but I could be wrong.

~Max

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-max-s/959074)._