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Questions tagged [violence]

behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.

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Correlation between MAO-A gene and murderers / sex offenders

The MAO-A gene, also known as the "Warrior gene", is thought to cause increased antisocial and violent behavior patterns in people who have experienced an abusive childhood. [ref] Caspi et. al. found similar results. I also remember an episode of…
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Has the United States had 7 mass shootings in the past week?

I keep seeing a claim on social media claiming something to the effect of: [First world country] has had [small number] mass shootings since [18whatever] The US has had 7 since Monday. I'm assuming that they're counting shootings differently for…
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Has Sam Harris ever 'sanctified' violence against Muslims?

Scenario In this video, Chris Hedges states that Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris have 'sanctified' violence against Muslims because [Muslims] are barbaric. Question Are there any instances that Sam Harris has ever 'sanctified' (as in to entitle…
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Did Amber Heard physically abuse Johnny depp? and admit to it?

The Daily Mail has published an article claiming that "Amber Heard admits to 'hitting' ex-husband Johnny Depp and pelting him with pots, pans and vases". This topic has came up repeatedly in online conversations (usually assuming that Heard did do…
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Did a victim of Weinstein testify in a letter that the acts performed were consensual?

The German newspaper FAZ reports: Die Ankläger erreichte eine schriftliche Stellungnahme der früheren Nachwuchsschauspielerin Lucia Evans. Darin beschrieb Evans den Oralsex mit Weinstein in dessen Büro im New Yorker Viertel Tribeca als…
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Do SSRIs cause mass shootings/violence?

I'm am frequently seeing claims that anti-depressants are causing mass shootings. Here's one example from 1 Apr 2013: Ammoland Manasquan, NJ –-(Ammoland.com)- Nearly every mass shooting incident in the last twenty years, and multiple other…
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Are mass murderers in the US mostly white?

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2014/06/are_most_mass_murderers_really_white.html Before rushing to play pin the tale on the honkey, did anyone bother to check the history of mass killings? Because I have — a comprehensive list dating from…
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Will 1 out 4 women be a victim of domestic violence?

In their newest video the "FCKH8" company claim that: 1 out of 4 women will be the victim of domestic violence Is this indeed the case for women in the US?
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